CNN CNN Newsroom Live October 5, 2015 06:21:00
When it comes to what's transpytran transpyred opens the record books. in 1979, in mt. pleasant, rain totals in excess of 24 inches putting it among the wettest periods for united states storms. the state of south carolina, look at it as a whole. the rainfall is expansive over a large area of this region, and we're talking about an area of rainfall that came down not just in charleston. it's extending to columbia. this accumulates to about roughly the size of 6.7 million oh lilympic sized swimming pool a matter of three days. this is why it's such a destructive event. we'll show you the patter...