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Monday, October 5, 2015

FLOODS OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS - 1,000 YEAR RECORD RAINFALL in South Carolina - But pet owners still take their DOGS out for a walk on flooded streets

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Catastrophe -  Six dead and hundreds stranded as dams break and cause 300 road collisions in ONE DAY during 1,000-year record rainfall across the Carolinas
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For new images and an update on the aftermath of the flood, please go here:
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2015/10/south-carolinas-1000-year-flood-tragic.html
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Authorities have warned residents not to venture out of their houses, even on foot, unless their property is being flooded. Hundreds more have been airlifted from their rooftops by helicopter
  • Emergency management officials in South Carolina sent a statewide alert telling people to stay off roads and remain indoors unless their homes were in danger of flooding 
  • Tens of thousands customers were without power, thousands have left their homes, and at least 8 deaths have been reported
  • Columbia was hit the worst on Sunday, with officials said 100 people had been rescued by midmorning from vehicles after trying to cross flooded roads - and there were another 200 rescue calls pending
  • South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to more than 300 collisions around the state in the 12 hours leading up to 6am Sunday - and it cleared nearly 140 trees from roads
  • More than 1,200 emergency calls were made as 600 National Guard were drafted in, with another 1,300 on standby
  • Dramatic images have emerged of a helicopter crew rescuing a mother and her 15-month-old baby from the flood
  • Authorities have warned that the repair effort may take months

    • Quinn Hurt looks across Atlantic Avenue as he attempts to cross the flooded street in Wachapreague, Virginia
    Quinn Hurt looks across Atlantic Avenue as he attempts to cross the flooded street in Wachapreague, Virginia

    See more dramatic images

    Flood waters rise around a title loan store on Garners Ferry Road on Sunday in Columbia, South Carolina. The Columbia area received the most rain in the state overnight, with up to 14 inches reported in some places since Saturday
    Flood waters rise around a title loan store on Garners Ferry Road on Sunday in Columbia, South Carolina. The Columbia area received the most rain in the state overnight, with up to 14 inches reported in some places since Saturday
     
    A mother takes her son from a fireman after being stranded in a vehicle by flood water in Columbia on Sunday 
    The Congaree river swamps trees and threatens to spill over the top of a bridge in Columbia today after it swells with floodwater
    More than 1,200 calls were made to the emergency services, which reported around 300 car accidents while hundreds more fled their homes and tens of thousands were left without power (pictured, an elderly man is rescued from his car in Norfolk, Virginia)
    Helping a motorist in Norfolk, Virginia  - What are motorists doing on the roads in these conditions, anyway...

    A vehicle and a man try to navigate floodwaters in Florence, South Carolina, on Sunday, as heavy rain continues to cause widespread flooding in many areas of the stateA vehicle and a man try to navigate floodwaters in Florence, South Carolina, on Sunday, as heavy rain continues to cause widespread flooding in many areas of the state
     
    A distraught Charlene Stennis is escorted to safety after her son was rescued from a stranded vehicle in a flooded roadway on Sunday in Columbia, South Carolina
    A distraught Charlene Stennis is escorted to safety after her son was rescued from a stranded vehicle in a flooded roadway on Sunday in Columbia, South Carolina
     
    A car is stuck in floodwaters along Central Avenue in Sea Isle City, New Jersey. The state got pounded by heavy rain and strong winds that were expected to bring coastal flooding this weekend, even though the state is no longer in the anticipated path of Hurricane Joaquin
    Really?

    Chris Joseph, far left, inspects the flood waters near high tide in the historic downtown in Georgetown, South Carolina, on Sunday
    Chris Joseph, far left, inspects the flood waters near high tide in the historic downtown in Georgetown, South Carolina, on Sunday

    Schools and businesses in Columbia have been warned they may need to close until Tuesday at the earliest for the waters to subside, while authorities warn it could take months to assess the total damage (pictured, a man paddles up to a store in Columbia)
    Columbia, North Carolina
     
    A man wades through flood water on Atlantic Avenue during high tide in Wachapreague, Virginia, on Friday

    A woman wades waist-deep in a flooded street in Charleston, South Carolina. The National Weather Service says the risk of flooding will continue through Monday morning
    Scene in Charleston, South Carolina

    Eight people have been killed across the Carolinas, the majority of whom died in traffic accidents, while one person was killed by a falling tree and another is believed to have drowned, according to officials

    Neighbors watch city employees cut down a live oak tree that fell down on 23rd Avenue after heavy rains fell on Isle of Palms, South Carolina 
     

    High-tide cycles caused at least one home to collapse just north of North Wild Wood, New Jersey, at about midnight on Saturday

    Residents in the area where the home collapsed posted on social media that the 2.5-story house was lifted up off its foundation and floated into an inlet
    Another scene of high tide north of North Wild Wood, New Jersey.

    Two man row a boat on a flooded street in Charleston, South Carolina on Sunday as relentless rain left large areas of the US southeast under water
    Getting around in Charleston, South Carolina

    A truck with a passenger drives through a flooded parking lot in Florence, South Carolina, on Sunday
    A truck with a passenger drives through a flooded parking lot in Florence, South Carolina, on Sunday

     Firefighters inspect the damage on a flooded street in downtown Charleston
    A man walked his dog through flood waters during high tide on the Isle of Palms in South Carolina on Saturday
    A dog owner's dedication and a miserable pooch - Isle of Palms, South Carolina

    Melissa and Heath King take their dog Molly for a walk down a flooded Lodge Road in Poqouson, Virginia
    Melissa and Heath King take their dog Molly for a walk down a flooded Lodge Road in Poqouson, Virginia
     

    President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in South Carolina and ordered federal aid to bolster state and local efforts as flood warnings remained in effect for many parts of the East Coast through Sunday
    Rather beautiful scene at times, in spite of the damage

    A few hours before high tide, wind-driven waves crash into a fishing pier in Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday
    Wind-driven waves crash into fishing pier at Virginia Beach, Virginia, on Friday, just before high tide

    A man crosses a flooded street as water nearly reaches his knees in Ocean City, Maryland on Saturday
    Ocean City, Maryland, on Saturday

    A man wades through flood water on Atlantic Avenue during high tide in Wachapreague, Virginia, on Friday
    A man wades through flood water on Atlantic Avenue during high tide in Wachapreague, Virginia, on Friday


    Will Cunningham rode his bike down Station 29 on Sullivan's Island in South Carolina while his friend kayaked 
    Building memories - Will Cunningham rode his bike down Station 29 on Sullivan's Island in South Carolina while his friend kayaked 


    Wendy McGrady, left, pushes her two twin boys, Tucker, left, and Jacson, right, both 7, on paddle board to home after they arrived from their school on Friday in Norfolk, Virginia
    Wendy McGrady, left, pushes her two twin boys, Tucker, left, and Jacson, right, both 7, on paddle board to home after they arrived from their school on Friday in Norfolk, Virginia


    Sources
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3259500/Five-dead-historic-thousand-year-rainfall-floods-Carolinas-foot-rain.html

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3260100/Once-millennium-storm-day-Forecasters-warn-rain-East-Coast-dramatic-image-shows-mother-baby-rescued-roof-house-helicopter.html

    More images on the aftermath of the flood
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2015/10/south-carolinas-1000-year-flood-tragic.html
     
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