Environment

South Carolina Is Infested With Floating Carpets of Fire Ants

Watch where you step in the Palmetto State.
WSAV/Chris Murray

After its historic drenching these past several days—seriously, almost 27 inches of rain fell in Mount Pleasant—South Carolina has been awash in all kinds of horrible news. More than a dozen people have died, dams are breaching all over, more evacuations are likely, and coffins are bobbing up from the waterlogged earth.