As of 1:30 p.m. EDT Monday, this blog is no longer live. Archived reports from the historic rain event can be found below.
Devastating flooding gripped South Carolina over the weekend and into Monday as heavy rain hammered the region.
"We haven't seen this level of rain in the Lowcountry in 1,000 years," South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley said on Sunday afternoon.
Seventeen people were killed as a result of weather-related incidents in the Carolinas since Thursday, emergency officials reported. Six were killed in traffic incidents and 11 were killed in drowning incidents after driving through high water, officials said on Tuesday.
Two people were killed in traffic incidents in North Carolina.
Interstate 95 was one of hundreds of roads that were closed in South Carolina due to flooding with some roads being completely washed away.

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What Led to Historic Rain, Flooding in the Carolinas?
Earlier Flooding Reports
PHOTOS: Catastrophic Flooding Washes Across South Carolina
UPDATES: (All times are listed in Eastern Time)
1:21 p.m. Monday: The National Weather Service updated rainfall totals for the event:
Updated 5 Day rainfall total map ending 7 AM Monday October 5th #SCFlood #scwx pic.twitter.com/ynH0eNwL1Q
— NWS GSP (@NWSGSP) October 5, 2015
12:59 p.m. Monday: AccuWeather Storm Chaser and Meteorologist Brandon Sullivan reported complete road erosion in downtown Columbia, South Carolina.
(Twitter Photo/Brandon Sullivan)
12:58 p.m. Monday: Due to flooding, the University of South Carolina canceled classes for Tuesday, Oct. 6.
12:18 p.m. Monday: Gov. Nikki Haley said additional road closures are expected as engineers assess which roads are safe throughout the state.
"South Carolina has gone through a storm of historic proportions. South Carolina has gone through a storm that has never happened before," she said.
12:07 p.m. Monday: Evacuations are underway in the Wildewood, South Carolina, area, just north of Columbia, after Beaver Dam gave way.
12:01 p.m. Monday: South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley confirmed nine weather-related fatalities at a press conference. Haley spoke to President Obama and submitted a verbal request for a major disaster of declaration to expedite additional assistance.
Officials said Monday afternoon that 550 roads are still closed and roughly 26,000 are without power across the state.
11:55 a.m. Monday: Police in Lexington, South Carolina, report water as high as 18 inches still covering some roadways.
(Twitter Photo/@LexingtonPD)
11:50 a.m. Monday: Flooding has forced road closures in parts of North Carolina:
(Twitter Photo/@NCDOT_Scoast)
11:44 a.m. Monday: A tree was uprooted in Columbia, South Carolina, due to the storm.
(Twitter Photo/@demozie)
11:29 a.m. Monday: A 75 mile stretch of Interstate 95 is closed in South Carolina, the Department of Transportation reports.
11:09 a.m. Monday: From 6 p.m., Oct. 4, to 6 a.m., Oct. 5, the South Carolina Highway Patrol responded to 148 collisions, 125 calls for assisting motorists, 53 trees in the roadway and 66 reports of roadway flooding.
11:07 a.m. Monday: Approximately 11,500 South Carolina Energy & Gas customers are without power, the utility reports.
11:05 a.m. Monday: About 40,000 people across South Carolina are without drinking water or are reporting low water pressure, emergency management reports.
10:57 a.m. Monday: Officials are urging people to stay out of floodwaters. Risks include possible infections, contact with broken glass and drowning. They also encourage residents to avoid entering a room if water is covering electrical outlets or cords are submerged.
Please stay out of rising floodwaters. Dangers include drowning, traumatic injury, bacterial & viral infection from sewage overflow #SCFlood
— SCDHEC (@scdhec) October 5, 2015
9:59 a.m. Monday: Some roads in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, are underwater.
(Twitter Photo/@BradDickerson80)
9:37 a.m. Monday: "The steadiest band of rain through early afternoon will be aligned mostly in North Carolina from Wilmington up to Emerald Isle and Morehead City," AccuWeather Meteorologist Brian Thompson said. "Some of the rain will make its way into South Carolina, but less rain will fall today compared to yesterday."
"A couple more inches of rain today will continue to exacerbate flooding problems, especially in areas that already had heavy amounts of rain in excess of a foot in some areas," he said.
9:07 a.m. Monday: As of 8:30 a.m. Monday, 389 state maintained roads and 158 bridges are closed, according to the South Carolina Department of Transportation. More than 1,200 maintenance employees actively working and 495 equipment units are actively working.
8:51 a.m. Monday: Persistent rain continues to exacerbate flooding across South Carolina:
Reports of worsening conditions in the Lowcountry, counties east of the Midlands. Please stay home, stay safe. #scflood #sctweets
— SCEMD (@SCEMD) October 5, 2015
8:20 a.m. Monday: The Lexington County Sheriff's Department strongly encouraged residents to stay off the roads so first responders and emergency personnel can move freely.
"At this point, the biggest help citizens could provide to the Sheriff's Department is to stay home, stay safe and avoid getting on the roads," they wrote on their Facebook page.
8:15 a.m. Monday: Additional rainfall continues to cause problems around the Columbia, South Carolina, area:
Enormous sinkhole in front of a business on Devine Street in Columbia, SC pic.twitter.com/jaIxBgkt2f
— Kenny Beck (@kennybeckWXII) October 5, 2015
7:46 a.m. Monday: Rain continues Monday morning in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina:
The heavy rain continues to fall here in North Myrtle Beach. Plenty of roadway flooding occurring this morning. pic.twitter.com/ukgWB7PjbN
— Robert Whitehurst (@WXRobertW) October 5, 2015
7:29 a.m. Monday: In three days, parts of the Carolinas received more rain than parts of California have recorded in the last three years:
Perspective: Localized 3-day #SCFlood rainfall exceeds the last 2-3 years (!) of rainfall in parts of #SoCal. pic.twitter.com/mI0KGrT8El
— Ben Noll (@BenNollWeather) October 5, 2015
6:49 a.m. Monday: The South Carolina National Guard reports more than 1,300 troops are supporting recovery and rescue operations Monday morning.
6:00 a.m. Monday: Heavy rain continues to fall across Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. This band is slowing moving northward into Wilmington, North Carolina, for the morning commute.

5:40 a.m. Monday: More reports of 2 feet of rain in South Carolina.
.@CoCoRaHS observer near Cainhoy, South Carolina, reported a storm total rain amount of 26.88 inches #chswx #scwx
— NWS Charleston, SC (@NWSCharlestonSC) Oct. 5, 2015
5:36 a.m. Monday: Travel continues to be discouraged by emergency officials across many parts of South Carolina for today.
Travel in and around the @TownLexingtonSC will be difficult this morning as several main thoroughfares are closed. #scflood
— Lexington Police(SC) (@LexingtonPD) October 5, 2015
5:27 a.m. Monday: 2.83 inches of rain fell in 3 hours at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Mesonet reports.
4:23 a.m. Monday: More than 2 feet of rain has fallen in parts of South Carolina since Thursday.
Spotter reports storm total of 25.50 inches of rain in Mount Pleasant, SC #chswx #scwx
— NWS Charleston, SC (@NWSCharlestonSC) October 5, 2015
Click here for older reports about the flooding in the East.
The potential for major flooding will increase from west to east over abnormally dry and drought-stricken areas of the South Central states into early next week.
Patricia, which intensified into a Category 4 hurricane Thursday midday local time, will bring the threat for flooding and a risk to lives across much of Mexico through the end of the week.
As the strongest El Nino in over 50 years begins to impact the global weather pattern, rumours are flying that it could result in a long, bitterly cold winter across the U.K.
The winter of 2015-2016 could end up as one of the warmest winters on record for Canada as a whole, as a strong El Niño persists into the upcoming season.
The study found a strong correlation between region-wide dengue outbreaks and abnormally high temperatures, said Dr. Wilbert van Panhuis, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health.
People attending the United States Grand Prix in Austin, Texas this weekend should prepare to get soaked as bouts of heavy rain brings wet conditions to the track.
| Extreme | Location | |
|---|---|---|
| High | N/A | |
| Low | N/A | |
| Precip | N/A |
Tuscaloosa, AL (1884)
No rain from August 28-October 22. Severe
drought throughout Southeast.
California (1965)
Temperature reached 104 degrees at San Diego
(record for date). Record for date 100
degrees at Los Angeles (downtown). Climax of
heat wave of record duration in Southern
California.
Ottawa, Canada (1988)
Record October snowstorm brings 21 cm (just
over 8 inches).