Death toll rises as South Carolina coast braces

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Multiple Dam Failures Aggravate Dangerous Conditions in Flood-Ravaged South Carolina - After historic rainfall across South Carolina, dam breaches  ALONG WITH  failures have aggravated already dangerous flooding problems.
Fourteen dams have breached  as well as  failed  totally   Just as   of  7:30 p.m. EDT Wednesday,  Based on  South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley.  individual   are  intentionally breached  to  alleviate pressure.

Mandatory evacuations were executed  within  areas  regarding   largest  concern.
In Richland County,  inhabitants  living below Beaver Dam were  obtained   to be able to  evacuate Wednesday morning.  the  dam  was  stabilized  and also the  evacuation order  feel  lifted late Wednesday morning.

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Residents near  your own  Overcreek Dam were evacuated  with  Monday.
Still,  a lot of   people  sit  in  areas susceptible  to be able to   added  flooding.
"Don't let  your current  sunshine fool you," Haley said  from  Tuesday,  your own   recognized   is  still  with  risk  through  later  on the  week.

Haley said officials  are   on the  ground assessing vulnerable dams  in numerous  areas. Evacuation  transactions   will   proceed   to   become  put  into   place   to   provide the   stability   intended for   citizens   inside   anybody  vulnerable areas.
"The combination  regarding  multiple days  connected with  torrential rainfall alone  will probably  have contributed  to help  softening up earthen dams," AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Alex Sosnowski said. "The  lengthy  duration  of any  high water  is  putting pressure  towards the  earthen dams  for the  point  involving  failure."

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The risk  for  failures  will   move forward  even  where  water levels have already peaked  in  central South Carolina due  for you to  weakening  regarding  earthen dams, Sosnowski said.
Prior episodes  regarding  rain  inside  September saturated  your current  ground, enhancing  the  risk  regarding  flooding.
Officials  with the  hardest-hit areas have gone door-to-door, ready  in order to  evacuate  anybody   with  need.
The multiple breaches  ALONG WITH  failures contributed  in order to  severe flooding  ALONG WITH  dangerous conditions.

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