South Carolina has been blighted by a week of heavy rain, leading to historic flooding across the state. Despite showers relenting on Monday, the governor warned the flooding could continue, especially for communities downstream of the deluge on the low-lying coast.
The flood has left more than 40,000 people without running water, and nearly 1,000 have been evacuated from their homes. Eleven people have died because of the weather, including one woman who drove around a barricade and stalled her car in rushing water. The downpours are part of system that has dumped more than a foot of rain across South Carolina in recent days.
South Carolina Floods
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A woman pushes her bike on a flooded street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A man rides a bicycle on a flooded street in Charleston, South Carolina (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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The flood-swollen Congaree River is seen near Columbia. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A man checks his stranded car on a flooded street in downtown Charleston. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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Two men discuss the weather on a flooded street. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A driver tries to move his stranded car on a flooded street. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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The interior of a flooded car is seen in Columbia. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A business is destroyed by flooding in Columbia, S.C. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Street signs are surrounded by floodwater from Black Creek in Florence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A vehicle is flooded following heavy rains and flash flooding along Black Creek in Florence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A vehicle and a home are swamped with floodwater. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A boy tries to stay on dry by climbing along a fence on a flooded street in downtown Charleston. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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Water surrounds homes and cars in the Black Creek neighborhood. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Floodwater from nearby Black Creek nearly covers a picket fence along East Black Creek Road following heavy rains and flooding in Florence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A pickup truck rests against the side of Gills Creek near a bridge in Columbia. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A dog tries to board a boat as two men row down a flooded street in Charleston. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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Floodwaters rise over the banks of Gills Creek, destroying several businesses in Columbia. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A mailbox is nearly submerged in floodwater. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A vehicle is stranded on Hwy. 41 due to flood waters near Huger. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A vehicle is stranded on Cainhoy Road due to flood waters near Huger. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tamir Williams pushes his car out of floodwaters in front of Winyah Apartments in Georgetown, S.C. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Berkeley County Sheriff's Department officials block Cainhoy Road due to flood waters near Huger. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A woman walks down a flooded sidewalk toward an open convenience store in Charleston. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A vehicle pushes flood waters in front of Winyah Apartments in Georgetown, S.C. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A truck with a passenger drives through a flooded parking lot in Florence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A car is submerged in floodwaters in Florence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A vehicle and a man try to navigate floodwaters in Florence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Tripp Adams, 8, walks through the flood waters near high tide in the historic downtown in Georgetown. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firemen, from left to right, Norman Beauregard, Kevin Ettenger and Chris Rodgers with the Georgetown Fire Department. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Neighbors watch employees with the city of Isle of Palms cut down a live oak tree that fell down on 23rd Avenue after heavy rains fell on Isle of Palms, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. The South Carolina coast is getting hammered with heavy rains along with an unusual lunar high tide causing flooding all over the state. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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George Myers with the city of Isle of Palms directs equipment in on 23rd Ave. to clear the road after heavy rains fell on the Isle of Palms, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. The South Carolina coast is getting hammered with historic rains along with an unusual lunar high tide causing flooding all over the state. (AP Photo/Mic Smith) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Helicopters fly over the Congaree River, swollen with floodwaters, near the Gervais Street bridge in West Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Hundreds were rescued from fast-moving floodwaters Sunday in South Carolina as days of driving rain hit a dangerous crescendo that buckled buildings and roads, closed a major East Coast interstate route and threatened the drinking water supply for the capital city. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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The Congaree River, swollen with floodwaters, flows under the Gervais Street bridge in West Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Hundreds were rescued from fast-moving floodwaters Sunday in South Carolina as days of driving rain hit a dangerous crescendo that buckled buildings and roads, closed a major East Coast interstate route and threatened the drinking water supply for the capital city. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Jordan Bennett, of Rock Hill, S.C., paddles up to a flooded store in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. The rainstorm drenching the U.S. East Coast brought more misery Sunday to South Carolina, cutting power to thousands, forcing hundreds of water rescues and closing many roads because of floodwaters. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton) (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man paddles a kayak down a flooded street in Columbia, S.C. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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David Linnen takes a yard rake to clear drains in front of Winyah Apartments in Georgetown. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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Firefighters inspect the damage on a flooded street in downtown Charleston. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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Floodwaters rush over a dam on Forest Lake in Columbia. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A man stands in floodwaters covering a road in Florence. (credit:ASSOCIATED PRESS)
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A local resident works in his flooded back yard in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A dog runs on a flooded street in downtown Charleston. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A basketball backboard is seen collapsed on a flooded yard. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A firefighter walks on a flooded street in downtown Charleston. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A small sculpture left by local residents is seen on a flooded street in downtown Charleston. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A local resident looks at his flooded street in downtown. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A local resident walks her dogs on a flooded street in downtown Charleston, South Carolina. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)
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A local resident stands in his flooded back yard. (credit:MLADEN ANTONOV via Getty Images)