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Several other residents are not heeding the governor and other officials warning to stay out of this water. just about an hour ago there were people walking around in it and also kayaking in it. not a good idea to be out in this water. it's frankly filthy and full of dangers. so it's best to stay home if you can. >> boris sanchez in manning, south carolina. what an awful story unfolding over there. boris, thanks very much. cnn is live inside a u.s. national guard helicopter flying over the flood damage in columbia, south carolina. these are live pictures coming in from this blackhawk helicopte...

Affected by this historic flooding. >> yes, wolf. i have been affected by this personally. as we were actually in clean up mode. yesterday i felt like we -- i was just telling a friend that i felt like i was on a houseboat in the middle of a river flooding on the back lake side and front from the overflow of the lake surrounding us. my home is -- i live on forest lake but the overcreek dam which we're referring to here locally at the overcreek spillway, was compromised. and that lake feeds into my lake. and we were forced to evacuate less than an hour ago. >> by all accounts, representative, t...

Entire life. and it has been a tragedy. we have been forced to evacuate. there's been lots of flooding, people have lost their homes. my thoughts and prayers go out to all of those who are affected and particularly those families of those who have lost their lives. >> based on what you can see, representative, does your state have the resources it needs to deal with this human tragedy? >> yes. i'm very proud of our first responders. and the governor in how we have responded to this tragedy. we have, as you can tell, through our what we've been through as a state in the last several months we h...