In South Carolina, the flooding forced hundreds of weekend rescues and threatened the drinking water supply for hundreds of thousands in Columbia, with officials there warning some could be without potable water for days because of water main breaks. Electrical outages affecting thousands also were reported.
Several schools and colleges, including the University of South Carolina, cancelled classes on Monday and some businesses planned to stay shuttered
Hundreds were rescued from fast-moving floodwaters Sunday Oct 04,2015 in South Carolina as days of driving rain hit a dangerous crescendo that buckled buildings and roads, closed a major East Coast interstate route and threatened the drinking water supply for the capital city.
Sunday Oct 04,2015 was the wettest day in the history of South Carolina's capital city Columbia, according to the National Weather Service. The rainfall total at the Columbia Metropolitan Airport was 6.87 inches, the most rain that's ever fallen there in one day.
The rainstorm dumped so much water on South Carolina and
parts of several surrounding states that weather experts said they were
astonished.
“The flooding is unprecedented and
historical,” said Dr. Marshall Shepherd, a meteorologist and director of
the atmospheric sciences program at the University of GeorgiaSouth Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has said the deluge is the kind of storm seen only once in 1,000 years.
On Monday Oct 05,2015 South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said 381 roads and 127 bridges were closed across the state, and 1,000 law enforcement officers and 1,000 transportation department personnel were working to make them safe. All roads and bridges will have to be checked for structural integrity, which could take weeks or longer
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