CHARLOTTE, NC (WBTV)- Water levels are slowly beginning to recede along the Catawba River basin as the area tries to dry out from several days of record rainfall.

Emergency officials across the area are closely monitoring water levels along the Catawba River and the lakes that make it up.

The National Weather Service in Greenville-Spartanburg has issued a Flood Advisory until 8 p.m. Tuesday for all areas along the Catawba River Basin in North and South Carolina from Mecklenburg County in North Carolina to Chester County in South Carolina. Areas of Lincoln, Gaston and York counties are also included.

Some areas in the upper Catawba region have received 11 inches of rain or more in the last three days, requiring Duke Energy's hydro operations team to move significant water volumes through the Catawba River's 225 miles and chain of 11 reservoirs and 13 hydroelectric stations.

The North Carolina Secretary of State’s Office has launched a mobile version of the Department’s website.

The mobile site, m.sosnc.com, allows anyone to search the SOS Corporations, Lobbying Compliance, UCC Debtor, Federal Tax Lien, and Charitable Solicitation Licensing databases from web-enabled smartphones or tablets.

After searching in one of the databases, users can simply pull up PDFs of filings. 

“This puts a wealth of searchable data literally in the hands of SOS customers who need to access the site on their smartphones and tablets in order to save time and money,” Secretary of State Elaine F. Marshall said Tuesday. “Making these databases accessible on mobile platforms is an important step in keeping pace with how our customers are accessing information.”

To try out the mobile site on your web-enabled smartphone or tablet, just go to m.sosnc.com.

CATAWBA COUNTY, NC (WBTV)- A middle school teacher in Catawba County has been suspended and banned from school grounds after deputies say he was charged filming two students at school.

According to Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid, 50-year-old Scott William Grantham, of Hickory, was arrested on Friday for two counts of felony secret peeping.

Grantham is an English as Second Language teacher at Arndt Middle School.

During an on-camera interview on Monday, Catawba County Sheriff Coy Reid told WBTV that Grantham was busted videoing down the shirts of female students.

"In this case, he took a video camera and videoed down the blouse of two female students there at Arndt Middle School," Reid said.

Catawba County Schools Superintendent, Dr. Dan Brigman, suspended Grantham with pay - pending the outcome of the investigation.