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It could. but the difference is for some cities, such as columbia, lets say a three-day total for a 1 in 500 year event is 17 inches. a 1 in 1,000 year event could be maybe over 18 inches. so theres not a big variation, but if you look at the last 36 hours, weve been talking about this moisture plume which is really moisture that has been coming from hurricane joaquin which is passing right to the west now of bermuda. thank goodness. on thursday, the forecast changed. they had the landfall after...

Water supply for the city of columbia and because of the situation here theyve declared a boil water advisory telling residents to boil their water vigorously for a minute before drinking it or cooking with it. back to you. >> john, clearly a desperate situation. the rain continues and, of course, were waiting for governor nikki haleys press conference which will occur at any second. arthel? >> as jonathan just pointed out, this historic storm that is creating huge challenges there for emergency...

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Continue on although not quite as strong as it was earlier this morning when it was just coming down in sheets. the flash flooding catching motorists off guard. one man telling us within ten seconds he was completely stopped and he had to take his two kids to the roof of his car and wait for rescues. right now the message on the street, please go home and stay in your home and consider taking the day off work tomorrow. a lot of the schools are making that decision for students and canceling. >> ...

Not this much rain has hit there in 1,000 years in the river there since 1936. nikki haley is telling people to stay off the roadways, saying that the water is not safe. theres bacteria in the water and mainly reassuring residents that they have all hands on deck, all of the resources needed to take care of the situation down there. >> its just an astounding situation in south carolina. devastation with this floodwater. i-95 closed in one area. school and county offices said they wanted to be cl...

>> approximately 7:20 a.m. on thursday, a distress call on board indicated the ship had lost power and had taken on water at the height of hurricane joaquin. you can see the ships approximate locations during the satellite loop, the little white arrow there at the height of the storm. at that time, it was listing 15 degrees to one side but the "el faro" said it had contained all of the flooding. the families of the crew are sp desperate for answers. >> certain routes and certain things to do if ...

Done ballot access. hillary clintons probably done ballot access. there are a lot of things underneath that make success that we dont see. >> right, thats true. >> not enough time was as always, marcus may bribry, than for joining us. the rest of our panel will stay. us. a preview of first lady michelle obamas first animated appearance scheduled for tomorrow. after the break, back to the carolinas for an update on the historic flooding.

Seeing, the flooding, what were expecting to do and all of those things. the one thing id ask secretary hall to do is to take precautions through this entire time, not about waiting until something happens but getting in front of it. so were closing roads. if we think theres going to be flooding, were closing the roads. weve been doing that proactively just to discourage anybody from going that way and then ill reiterate again and i know that director smith will do that, if for any reason youre ...

Morning and roads have become impassable and in some areas residents are evacuating their neighborhoods as water begins to enter their homes. lets go now to columbia, south carolina where we are a joined by nbc news correspondent sarah dallof. sarah? >> reporter: overnight these heavy rains moved in just as forecasters had predicted, and now the result -- catastrophic flooding here in columbia. a lot of people right now ignoring pleas by officials to please stay home and off the roads. instead, ...

Or fixin to. >> hes unapologetic rant is going viral. he joins us live this hour. "fox and friends" hour three begins right now. we begin with an extreme weather alert and two stories developing. south carolina is in the middle of deadly flash flooding there and president obama dough clarg a state of emergency as heavy rainfall turns roads into rivers. >> first another fox alert. a desperate search under way for the cargo ship that went missing and vanished near the bahamas in hurricane joaqui...