SOUTH CAROLINA'S 1000 YEAR FLOOD - THE TRAGIC AFTERMATH IN IMAGES - The situation could get worse - Swollen rivers may bring more flooding - Cleaning up the mess inside people's homes - Children going to school on a boat

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The $1billion flood: Devastating scenes in South Carolina as rain which killed 19 people finally relents revealing damage to homes, road and stores

The record-breaking downpours have subsided, but now thousands of people have to contend with the floods 

Initial estimates suggest the floods caused $1billion damage to homes, stores, and roads

Columbia mayor Steve Benjamin said: 'I believe that things will get worse before they get better' 

South Carolina governor Nikki Haley warned: 'This is not over', as residents try and pick up the pieces 

At least 19 people are confirmed dead - the two latest deaths occurred when a pickup drove past a barricade and plunged into water
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For dramatic photos taken during the flood, please go here:
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
http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2015/10/floods-of-biblical-proportions-1000.html
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Rankin Craig watches as friends and family remove belongings from her flooded home in Forest Acres in Columbia, S.C., on Wednesday

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Flood waters continue to cover Roberta Lane in Socastee, South Carolina, as officials assess the damage of the deadly flooding 

 

Rivers rose and dams bulged Wednesday as South Carolina faced another anxious day of waiting for the floodwaters to recede, and dive teams recovered the bodies of two people who disappeared in waters after they drove around a barricade.

 

Along the coast, residents prepared for a second round of flooding as rivers swollen from days of devastating rains make their way toward the Atlantic. 

Scott Everett (standing) transports his family on a johnboat along Lee's Landing Circle in Conway, South Carolina

In the Columbia area, where some returned home to assess damage and clean up, the threat of more flooding still hadn't lifted.

 

About 1,000 residents near the compromised Beaver Dam were told to evacuate Wednesday morning, though the order was lifted several hours later when crews shored up the dam.

 

U.S. senator Lindsey Graham warned the disaster could 'break the bank' of federal emergency funds, possibly topping more than $1billion.

Roberta Albers walks around her home after the floodwaters start to recede at French Quarter Creek in Huger, South Carolina


Walt and Marianna Cartin clean out their flood damaged home in the Forest Acres neighborhood

Each day since last weekend's storm - which sent more than a foot of water washing down the street - water at high tide has lapped against those sandbags. Residents worried there may be more flooding on the Black and Waccamaw rivers. Both drain into Georgetown County

Army National Guard organizes giant sandbags near the South Carolina State Museum in Columbia, South Carolina, on Wednesday

A mailbox is barely visible in the Ashborough subdivision near Summerville, S.C., on Tuesday

A driver slowly travels through the standing flood water on Roberta Lane in Socastee, South Carolina


People may need to evacuate again as tides come in from the Atlantic. Sharon Cahill is pictured surveying her pool house on Wednesday


Despite the efforts to get on with repairs, residents fear there could be more flooding as water has put strain on the dams


Anthony Johnson walks over the floodwaters in downtown Kingstree, South Carolina, on Wednesday. Rivers rose and dams bulged


Electricity had returned to most homes and businesses and about 10,000 people were without water, down from a peak of 40,000


Stacy Berry checks the level of water running across the road as flood waters inundate parts of the state



Scott Everett helps his grandchildren en route to school off a johnboat along Lee's Landing Circle in Conway, S.C., on Wednesday

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Horry County police officer Jeff Helfinstine patrols the edge of flood waters along Lee's Landing Circle in Conway

 

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3263806/Devastating-scenes-South-Carolina-Rain-finally-relents-reveal-1-billion-damage-homes-road-stores-floods-killed-17-dive-teams-search-missing-people.html

See photos taken during the worst of the flood
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