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Today governor haley warned there is a long road still ahead. >> this is not over. just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. we very much still have a vulnerable situation that's out there. i'm still going to ask citizens to please stay inside. there is still water out there it is going to take a while for this water to go away. >> nbc news is live for us in columbia, south carolina. we are asking you this almost every hour. every minute that goes by is a critical minute for the folks down there. what can you tell us is happening this hour? >> reporter: you're rig...

Tom is tracking this in the cnn severe weather center. >> in the last 24 hours, we've had over 30 breaches of dams and levees. many are minor. some my be a fractiure, some ovr topping. five major dam failures, five in the county of richland and three in lexington and one in lee. we have one warning in effect and this is a suburb to the east of capital where a mandatory evacuation is taking place for the breach of a dam. not sure what that breach means. is it over topping? is there water seeping underneath the structure or some sort of fracture? there are lakes, i'll get in closer and you'll se...

Five total fatalities. three were weather-related. >> and some conflicting reports about dams that have failed. >> okay. we'll have to defer to -- >> well, we actually have -- either of you can do that. you go first then i'll let christy. >> the only thing i can speak to -- i'm tom allen from the regulatory staff. we've been in constant contact, and the dams, the utmost confidence and structural integrity of the lake murray dams and other structures at this time. thank you, governor. >> i have a question. >> hold on, i'm going to let her add to that. >> yes, we actually have had at least two d...

so i want people to understand that this is not over. response and recovery efforts will be an ongoing operation. and i urge americans in affected areas to continue to listen for the guidance and direction of their state and local officials. before the storm made landfall, the department of homeland security and fema worked very closely with our state and local partners as well as volunteer organizations to preposition supplies and teams of first responders along the hurricane's projected track. and the american red cross opened shelters in communities across the region. i want to th...

Breech bringing the total dam failures to 11. >> we are starting to see the midlands, all of the water is moving to the low country and we will be extremely careful. we are watching this minute by minute. there are people on the ground giving us feedback. so if we are are not in the air looking at it ourselves we have engineers on the ground. >> the devastating flooding is blamed for at least 17 deaths in the carolinass. the fbi's investigation to hillary clinton's private e-mail server is widening. fox news learned the agency has obtained data from a second tech company that was hired to back...