Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Helicopters fly over the Congaree River, swollen with floodwaters, near the Gervais Street bridge in West Columbia, S.C., on 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.

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Helicopters fly over the Congaree River, swollen with floodwaters, near the Gervais Street bridge in West Columbia, S.C., on 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.