let's check in with meterologist... 3 efren afante with what we can expect to see. efren... 3 3 3 3 3 a 61 year old man was stranded on the broad river for five days because of *last week heavy rain. special operatatns chief... jason krusen... with the columbia fire department tells news 19... concerned friends... sent reports to the columbia police department after he wasn seen since last monday.krusen said he stayed on the 3 island on a regular basis... so he had food and water to last a few days.he was eventually rescued on saturday afternoon. 3 s his supplies ran out that when he became concerned and started trying to get off, but couldn .e was taken to the hospital and is expected to be okay.krusen said the police got the man cell phone information... so they could put it into g-p-s and eventually found him.to avoid this he suggests telling friends and family where you are... and how long youl be gone... so you don end up lost for an extended period of time. right now... more than 100 animals are getting treated after being found in a home in north charleston.

let's check in with meterologist efren afante. 3 3 chat 3 3 3 a dozen families around the midlands will be getting some much needed flood help. hundreds of volunteers have come together to get homeowners back on their feet... following the historic flood.home repairs from mold removal... to gutting... are taking place during the three-day home build.one of the organziers for the event... says many people didn't know the extent of the damage done. 3 there's a lot of families and home owners who didn't realize that their home was damaged, didn't realize the amount of moisture in their house and that mold was going to happen. so i think that our whole community is learning quickly how much damage can happen sometimes in invisible ways and sometimes in obvious ways. 3 home works and the saint bernard project raised more than 300-thousand dollars for interested in being a volunteer on their next project... check out this story on wltx. com. 3 speaking of flood recovery...the deadline to apply for individual assistance from fema has been extended again...you now have until monday january 4th