 Along the coast of South Carolina , the highest tide recorded was 9 @.@ 7 feet ( 3 @.@ 0 m ) above mean low water at Charleston Harbor . On Folly Beach , all waterfront houses sustained some damage , while roads on the east side of the island were washed away . Gracie brought wind gusts as high as 138 mph ( 222 km / h ) to the Beaufort area . Inland , 100 mph ( 155 km / h ) winds lashed Walterboro . As much as 75 % of Charleston County was left without electricity . Farther north , a tornado damaged homes in Garden City . Throughout the South Carolina Lowcountry , 48 homes were destroyed , 349 homes suffered major damage , and 4 @,@ 115 homes suffered minor damage . The remnants dropped rainfall and spawned tornadoes in several other states as it headed northeastward across the Mid @-@ Atlantic and New England regions . In Virginia , three tornadoes in Albemarle , Greene , and Fluvanna Counties collectively caused 11 fatalities . Precipitation from the storm peaked at 13 @.@ 2 inches ( 340 mm ) in Big Meadows . Overall , Gracie was attributed to 22 deaths and $ 14 million in damage . 
