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Event as the death toll continues to climb this morning, now at seven. nick valencia is joining me from columbia, south carolina. >> reporter: no exaggeration when we say it is a desperate and dire situation for the state of south carolina. this rain has been relentless, nonstop. just when you think you're getting the slightest bit of relief, that rain picks back up and intensifies. people have had to be rescued by boat here. 600 national guard troops at the ready. earlier we caught up with the mayor of column bee, yeah south carolina, who said the situation here is a desperate one. >> it's di...

Lingering and hovering over the state of south carolina, nowhere seemingly harder hit than here in column bee, yeah the state capital. the concern, of course, this is in the middle of the state. this water has to go somewhere. perhaps towards the coast. that creates another problem for places like charleston. let's get back to that point about the water. i just spoke to the mayor of columbia, steven benjamin, who told me few places have had their water restored but there are still thousands of people without usable or drinkable water. they worry that that is going to be the issue going forward...

But the rain pours on shore. it will be in piedmont, in charlottesville, back into column bee, yeah in asheville. all of these areas that are fairly topographic. here's joaquin. i believe there's rapid intensification of joaquin right now. this is probably a category 4 hurricane as we get the 11:00 report. there's a hurricane hunter aircraft flying around, flying through the eye. wouldn't want to be on that plane flying through 130-mile-an-hour winds. it will take another 24 hours, so the bahamas getting pounded with 140-mile-an-hour winds and then turns to the north. does it turn to the north...