Record-setting rains submerge parts of US Southeast

AFP, CHARLESTON, United States: Record rainfall left large areas of the US southeast under water Sunday as roads were closed and residents were warned to stay indoors.
The states of North and South Carolina have been particularly hard hit by heavy flooding, but the driving rain in recent days has spared almost none of the US East Coast.
The wild weather was blamed for at least four deaths in the Carolinas since Thursday.
The storms are part of a weather system separate from Hurricane Joaquin, which was downgraded to a Category Two storm as it headed toward Bermuda.
“We haven’t seen this level of rain in the low country in 1,000 years,” South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said at a press briefing, urging people to stay inside to keep safe.

 

Record-setting rains submerge parts of US Southeast

AFP, CHARLESTON, United States: Record rainfall left large areas of the US southeast under water Sunday as roads were closed and residents were warned to stay indoors. The states of North and South Carolina have been particularly hard hit by heavy flooding, but the driving rain in recent days has spared almost none of the US East Coast. The wild weather was blamed for at least four deaths in the Carolinas since Thursday. The storms are part of a weather system separate from Hurricane Joaquin, which was downgraded to a Category Two storm as it headed toward Bermuda. We havent seen this level of rain in the low country in 1,000 years, South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said at a press briefing, urging people to stay inside to keep safe.