11 killed in South Carolina floods – Governor Nikki Haley says such floods not seen in 1,000 years.

South Carolina is reeling under heavy floods due to rainfall of up to 14-inches that has taken at least 11 lives and has left tens of thousands without power or drinking water. Governor Nikki Haley has described it as the floods the like of which has not been seen in the region for 1,000 years.
This has been reported in ibnlive.com dated 6 October 2015.

President Barack Obama has signed a disaster declaration so that federal aid would be available to the southern state. A tropical air mass over much of South Carolina starting had dumped 14 inches (36 centimeters) of rain. This was a new record, as indicated by the National Weather Service.
That downpour caused sudden and dramatic flooding, bursting dams and leaving residents scrambling for safety. Nearly 26,000 people had no power and 40,000 had no drinking water. At least four people lost their lives in weather-related traffic accidents, while seven more have drowned. Those killed included five who were trapped in vehicles overcome by flood water.
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