Page 737 - Flash Flooding News Today

Sumter, cainwho i, charleston, 20 inches of rain. three dams could not old the water. held up with rock and mud and earth, those gave way and all of that water rushed down through the town. hundreds of cars, hundreds of homes were flooded out, thats where we had a lot of dramatic pictures on sunday morning. the roads are almost impossible to get through. 312 road closiers in south carolina, 130 bridges are unpassable and damaged. theres another view of the radar. wilmington could deal with isola...

Following this live on the ground and hes joining us with the latest conditions. how is it looking now, garrett? >> reporter: well, safety is the number one priority and thats why they are asking folks to stay off the roads. this is why. im walking down the road here in myrtle beach. weve seen folks getting around here using kayaks. one appeared on this balcony. thats the norm here over the last few days here across myrtle beach but its not just the flooding that they are worried about on the ro...

At you. what is the situation and will it get worse? >> civil emergency right now in south carolina. people are urged to stay where they are. you cannot travel. you cannot travel in the state of south carolina. of course, well bring you that press conference with the governor when it happens. this is, in some cases, unprecedented, over 24 inches of rainfall in parts of the state. that will go down as one of the mosts had store rick rainfall events in south carolina because of the system. and the...

Fire departments are in boats having to go rescue children and parents an people in their homes that they woke up this morning surrounded by water, couldnt drive their cars and they want to get those people out of their homes into safe areas. the pictures and videos, it is not just one city. it is not one location. this is almost a state wide event and just an emergency and flooding situation that we havent seen in south carolina. jim cantore mentioned maybe since hugo back in 89, a lot of peopl...

Haley of south carolina to step up at the podium that you see in columbia, south carolina. shell give a news conference on the historic and horrible flooding thats occurring in her state. officials describe it as life-threatening, once in every 500 years, the floodwaters just totally engulfing parts of cities and towns in south carolina well, of course, bring you her remarks as soon as she makes them. this is stemming from the low-pressure system battering the rainfall. more than 2 feet of rain ...

Seen where you are now? >> reporter: you can see despite the five-lane road that has collapsed, there are cars still driving around. its really incredible. and its really unfair about what is going to happen cars are going by here. i can give you a look. you can see exactly what were looking at. the other thing is, the roads arent really blocked off. im here on two iphones. but the roads arent blocked off so you have a giant hole in the road and people are still able to get to it and drive. >> t...

That doesnt, in their view, violate their religious freedom. >> david hawkings, we dont have time for that fifth one. boy, did you cover a lot in a little time. i really appreciate that. it was a lot to breakdown and you did. well be analyzing this as the days and weeks to come. thanks, david. take care. >> he broke it down. >> exactly. well, hurricane joaquin, you know, may have ventured out to sea but the moisture is still drenching parts of the east coast. floodwaters are up in south caroli...

State, we have obviously closed numerous roads and bridges in the state due to flooding issues and concerns about the structural health of our bridges several of our bridges are under water currently. we have not had an opportunity to determine when and if we can implement the new structures. the charleston area, the georgetown area continues to be hard hit and the midland area currently in the state, columbia area in particular and basically the pd area of the state as well with regard to road ...

Forecasters have been saying it would be historic and while residents are used to floods, residents say theyve never seen it flood like this. many of them are surprised when they woke up this morning. again, the waters are receding a bit. its allowed tow trucks to get these cars out of here. good news, but the concern around the state is these these rivers could swell. that they are swelling and that they could reach record flood stages by tomorrow. >> gabe, flash flooding has been the words of ...

In the historic category. boone hall, two feet of rain. charleston, 16 inches. this hose of moisture has been in this area of south carolina. this area of grey, i usually dont even see this on my maps, thats off the charts on ten-plus inches of rain. here finally the radar, were not done. were probably starting the fourth quarter of this event. we still have the day today of very heavy rain. myrtle beach, north myrtle beach, thunderstorms producing two to three inches an hour and now hearing abo...