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United States of America (the): Flood: 2015/10/04
GLIDE: FF-2015-000139-USA
Period | 2015/10/04 |
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Country or District | United States of America (the) |
Event Type | Flood |
Outline | Floodwaters from unprecedented rainfall in South Carolina of the USA, have killed 11 people, closed some 550 roads and bridges and prompted hundreds of rescues of people trapped in homes and cars, officials said on Monday, 5 October 2015. |
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CNN 2015/10/07
At least 19 people have died in weather-related incidents: 17 in South Carolina and two in North Carolina. At least 600 rescues of people and animals have been made. More than 300 people were still staying in 23 shelters.
Reuters 2015/10/06
Eleven dead in historic South Carolina rains and flooding