there are some heavier showers in myrtle beach.expecting heavier showers to diminish by midnight tonight. we will maintain the rain showers through monday, however those will becoming less and less productive. we're anticipating two to six inches of rain from columbia to myrtle beach and not anticipating any significant clearing or sunny skies until tuesda tuesday. >> thank you, that's the importance. regardless of where you are stay home and off the roadways, we have a lot of resources at play. we've got 255 active troopers on the road with more available. we have a thousand doth maintenance workers working every single shift as we go forward. we have half of our dnr officers activated right now. 320 of our sled officers on standby. we had and really planned ahead in terms of sandbags. we were looking at 200,000 that we've had. we've used about 30,000 plus up until this time. we have activated are 600 of our national guardsmen. we've got 500 additional that are immediately available and on call and then we've got 8,000 on stand st

the focus of the heaviest rain is near myrtle beach as we go throughout the day. computers estimating only another inch or two. it won't send the water up any higher but it will be insult to injury i guess. >> sunshine drying all that out. >> were a lot of people that got flooded out didn't have flood insurance. lot of these people are in a lot of trouble. >> thank you so much, bill. >>> it's been said that perfect time something everything. luckily for this jet skier a coast guard helicopter happened to be flying over the manasquan inlet in new jersey yesterday when he had to be rescued after being knocked off his jet ski by powerful waves that paechd his watercraft on a jettee. crews lifted him to safety and dropped him off at a nearby beach. >>> there was a flash flooding in the french riviera over the weekend. 6.7 inches of rain poured into the region. numerous cars and trucks piled up in the streets. at least 16 people have been killed and 22,000 homes have no electricity. >>> check out this cute french bulldog, take on two bears, yes, you heard me right, the

if there is anything destructive, it's in the myrtle beach-north myrtle beach area. it's the brit red color, it's not as heavy. it could pick up a quick additional inch or two. the rest of the country, be i the way, looks absolutely great, no problems, even the upcoming weeks. if it wasn't for the south carolinas, it would have been nice and perfect. >> perfect, right. >> unfortunately with the storm. "saturday night live" kicked off the first season. they got a look at the new cast member and the queen to strange outfits, miley cyrus stood out for her performance of "the twinkle song." narrowly missing the october record set by gravity. "hotel transylvania" came in second. star wars mem ra little i billia made big money at an auction on friday. the bikini worn in "return of the jedi" fetched $90,000. a record $450,000 for aed mo el. john oliver shared some hypocrisy. >> one of the founders of facebook, anyone know how to prevent people from posting on the companies facebook page? the creator would allow people to give unlimited criticism wants to block unsolicited c

torrential rains in myrtle beach.lood warnings and roads additionally being flooded throughout that region. this map is probably the one that i'm going to record this for myself. this goes over four days and it shows there's joaquin and shows this consistent flow of moisture being drawn from the south into south carolina, and the thunderstorms along with it, that's four days' worth offer represential rain so that's why we saw all the horrible problems there. as far as the pictures go it's not just one spot. that's what makes it so historic, columbia, charleston, georgetown, sumter, conway north myrtle beach. water was everywhere. i feel horrendous for a lot of people. lot of the houses prnt in flood areas. it's required if you're in a flood zone to get flood insurance. the people that don't have flood insurance their claims probably won't be heard from insurance companies. thousands of people with water all in their home. we'll continue to watch that heavy rain threat through the morning, as we go through the afternoo

just south of myrtle beach, georgetown completely submerged. they have been pumping the water back out into the ocean, but an hour ago was high tide. too many water rescues to count right now. five fatalities mainly due to traffic accidents. they're now calling in crews from tennessee because they're overwhelmed by the number of people who still need help. it is coming down. this stream over to columbia, all the rivers have to flow back toward the ocean. so all the water making its way inland has to come back through. river levels right now are at historic readings. surpassing historic readings. and we still have another 6 possibly localized 10 inches of rain in between charleston and miles per ho myrtle beach to contend with. finally, the area of low pressure over alabama will slide off the coast. but we still have our hurricane passing just west of bermuda. they can handle that but the number of moisture will now get closer up the beaches of delmarva. so more flooding will take place as the hurricane does slowly find it way away from the u.s.

the main band of the rain move through myrtle beach and we saw problems there today and we'll see that re-strengthen tonight and pull back. we'll take away the garden hose of water to move back along the coast and become a little bit more scattered throughout your monday. so monday we'll still see some rain, but it will be more scattered and it won't be the direct impact that we saw for the direct couple of days and columbia, charleston and i want to take a quick look to show you that we have at least ten inches and 12 inches of rain in the heavier sports and that was in st. stephen and until this is over we'll continue to see some heavy amounts and anywhere between five, ten inches of rain, georgetown and orangeburg in the heavier spots once again. again, this has been a historic flood and we'll continue to see some flooding for the next couple of days and most of the carolinas still under that flash flood watch and watch charleston as they've seen 6 to 12 inches of rain in the next 12 hours and looking less as we head into your monday and we'll continue to watch those amounts and hav

myrtle beach, north myrtle beach, thunderstorms producing two to three inches an hour and now hearinge. this is an event even old-timers will remember. >>> sarah, are people trying to venture out? >> they are venturing out, ignoring pleas from officials who are begging people to stay inside and off the roads. people coming out here want to photograph and see this catastrophic destruction for themselves. you can see just how encompassing it is. this. intersection just turned into a lake there behind me. when we first arrived we could still see the handles on the doors of some of those businesses. now the water level's almost to the top. we're seeing some of those buildings starting to lift a little bit from the water. some collapses out there. just a testament to the power of nature. this water is all from gills creek which rose seven feet in just three hours shattering previous records. as i said, officials just overwhelmed by the shear amount of calls for trapped motorists, swift water rescues, for downed power lines and downed trees. a lot of concerns out there right now. meanwhile

the couple planned a honeymoon in myrtle beach, south carolina.speaking of south carolina, officials there say there's so much water it could take months to assess all of the damage. live in the digital operations center, nbc 10. >>> tracking some clouds this morning and a chance of some showers. there's your seven-day forecast which shows sunshine for today and 67 degrees this afternoon. come tomorrow we'll get a cooler start, 49 in the morning, 73 in the afternoon. and you can see plenty of sun shine for wednesday and thursday. it's friday that could see the return of some showers, late day showers are possible during the day on friday. those clouds will be continuing into friday night. by saturday afternoon, breezy and 66. and 68 degrees we should see sun shine on sunday. this morning the radar screen, we're keeping an eye on it, nothing to show you just yet. but there is a possibility that we'll see some scattered showers at the shore today. i expect them to be light. and unfortunately, the heavy rain continues in the deep south for the caroli

let's go straight to boris sanchez in myrtle beach, south carolina. an hour ago you had a lot of folks on the beach. they've all left. >> a lot of them have left. there are still people here, a lot of kids enjoying themselves, families enjoying the sands and blue skies. there was a couple taking wedding portraits. not the typical sight you see when there's a storm like this looming. we're expecting record breaking torrential rainfall to come in tonight and tomorrow similar to what we saw last night where you have officials trying to rescue families out of their homes because flooding was so bad. as we drove in earlier today we saw roads that were still kind of water logged, there were big puddles everywhere, bodies of water, ponds, that were very high. as we're expected to get more rain, those are expected to overflow. we also saw some apartment buildings here on the coastline, parking lots were flooded and that water is not going anywhere. obviously, officials are very concerned about the risks, because this area is water logged. there's nowhere else

sumter, charleston, myrtle beach and columbia. this is spread across the state. south carolina, there are 312 road closures, 130 bridges are closed because they've been damaged or have debris or have been washed away. a lot in the central portions of the state but some near charleston and georgetown. it's still raining, unfortunately. this is the last couple hours of our epic storm. rainfall from the myrtle beach area, going northward to north carolina, where it hasn't rained that hard. they can take the rainfall better than their friends to the south. still have flash flood warnings from wilmington to charleston. it'll be better this afternoon. predicting another inch of rain. when you think it's an inch compared to 20, they can we will see scattered showers and storms. >> bill, thank you. >>> if you plan on using an atm machine today, we have news you'll want to hear. >>> two against one, and my money is not on the bears. details of the very brave puppy. you're watching "early today." the throttle on his little boat any harder if he tried. he's beached here, ga

in north myrtle beach since friday, they've received nearly a foot and a half of rain. and across the entire state of south carolina over the last three days, they have received more rain than they typically do in an entire season. that is prompting widespread flooding throughout the state. the state emergency management operation center issued a warning today, a statewide alert, asking folks to stay where they are unlts their homes are in danger of flooding. emergency responders have been busy all throughout the state using boats in some areas to traverse neighborhood roads to rescue individuals whose homes are being flooded. state transportation officials say nearly 100 roads across the state are flooded, including at least three interstates, parts of three interstates. that's particularly around columbia and charleston areas. the ground here is so saturated it's not only flooding that's a concern. landslides as well as sinkholes is also something that officials are keeping their eye out on. that's one reason they're asking folks to stay off the roads if at all possib

myrtle beach looking at heavy amounts there.hese areas getting a foot of rain and a lot of that is to continue. we won't see this continue to dissipate until around monday night and then drift off to the east. rainfall totals at least six inches in georgetown. more for orangeburg and areas in south carolina. and we're also watching that flash flood threat extending into columbia. inner south carolina looking at that issue. coastal impacts, not only are we seeing flooding on the roads and also throughout the streams and creeks. we're seeing that through the coast. more northeast winds are moving into the coastline causing problems along the coast with high tides. high tide is in about one hour or so for many of these areas including the delmarva peninsula. >> coastal winds only complicating things. >>> we're just getting new details in the search for the missing u.s. cargo ship which day peered thursday with 32 people on board. what are you hearing there? >> reporter: hi there, alex. those search crews have been out again since f

isn't it really bad in myrtle beach? >> reporter: it's getting better. it was bad. they are getting better but yes the whole area is just nasty with the flooding and we're really feeling for these people. this is like and some are saying like a one and 1,000 year flood they are seeing. some cases the rain was so intense it washed away some of the river games so they don't even know how high rivers are. they just know they are out of their banks and it's historic. that's for sure. 5 in boston right now. dew point reading about 49 north-northeast wind at 9 miles per hour. that was not from joaquin either either. that was from low pressure system that ended up protecting us and keeping that storm offshore but unfortunately somebody had to pay the piper on that. milder days ahead, staying mostly dry. we talk about light breezes now. the winds are easing along the coastline. that's huge. along the coast it's been just nothing but a northeast wind for days on end out throughout islands, cape as well. i think a lot of folks are ready to see this paten stiff up of water tem

working in conjunction with myrtle beach officers, relative rear police and the marshals office and mass state police, loreenko was arrested without incident. his extradition to north carolina has not been announced. >>> a massive fire took out 11 boats. >> flying over the fire to see if anyone needed help while firefighters moved on to the docks to battle it. amy marks' parents were on board when the fire started on their boat below deck. that point the smoke kept getting worse so he yelled to her to get off the boat. >> the fire hopped from one boat to another. 11 boats severely burned. three of them sank including the marks 35 foot cover. >>> a school bus driver is shown losing control of her bus during a crash last month. take a look. you can see the driver start to turn and in just a moment you'll see she actually falls out of her seat. police are saying that's because her seat belt wasn't buckled. there weren't any students on board. that bus hit two cars in the driveway of a home on apricot street. worcester telegram identifies the bus driver as 46-year-old jean basheri. her drive

this is a spot here in myrtle beach. it's not everywhere you see this. the low-lying neighborhood is what you're seeing here. this has gone down in the last couple of hours. further back in this neighborhood you go, the deeper this water gets. we just got back from a canoe ride, going to see the rest of this neighborhood. as you're looking at pictures, you have to remember the water is four, five inches higher this morning. it varies a lot. you have one home that got any water inside. another home, has a couple feet indoors. you can see when this rain started coming yesterday, you had people trying to hurty up and get out of the neighborhood. they didn't make it in time in their cars and they got stuck in the roadways. the fire department in myrtle beach had to come out to evacuate a lot of folks here. now they're going in and out through this neighborhood in either big cars or canoes, which is the mode of transportation to grab groceries and other folks to check on their homes and see how things are. this is -- the latest update we have through the nati

mortgage myrtle beach over eight inches. the flooding pictures from rescuers working overnight trying to get people out of their homes and surrounded by water, get them to a safe place. boat rescues going on in georgetown, five feet of water is being reported in downtown georgetown. imagine how much money and monetary damages are being done. right now they're worried about saving lives let alone worry about the cleanup later. so as far as the flash flood emergencies go, these are all flash flood emergencies, columbia to orangeburg, georgetown to the charleston area, this band of rain will shift northward, so florence and myrtle beach you'll soon be seeing the torrential stuff your way and flash flooding could get worse. here is where our flood watches go from charlotte, north carolina, towards wilmington southward. we're not done with you yet southern north carolina, tonight you get heaviest rains. i showed you those amazing totals. the future radar starting at 9:00 this morning, you notice that band sits here, it kind of fi

myrtle beach has gone through a terrible time in terms of that.ut this is an incident that we've never had before. when we dealt with the two winter storms before, we said this is the first time that we've really dealt with that. this is different than a hurricane because it's water and it's slow moving and it's sitting and we can't just take the water out. as long as it sits, we need to do the best we can by controlling the environment and situation around it. we are very much focused on maps and the maps we're looking at are what the status of our police and fire departments and schools and hospitals and shelters and where they are and nursing homes, very much focused on that. we have one emergency room that is down for contamination. these things are changing very fluidly. there is an emergency management division office in every county and so the state has state officials that are going through a hard time. there's constant communication with this building which has every agency there. so we're going to continue to do that but i can't stress e

in waste deep water in north myrtle beach. and authorities say they have responded to several accidents and motorists stranded in water. amtrack is also suspended some of its service throughout the southeast for today. so far we're told here in the charleston area, back out here live. they have gotten 3-5 inches within the last 12 hours and they are expecting what could be another 5-8 inches over the next 12 to 24 hours. here in charleston, where 40 streets are closed this morning. there was a report of a drowning overnight. police are so busy at this point they don't even have a chance to get to all the flooded streets. it is nearly knee deep here and people are continuing to drive through it. board. for more we tourney to meteorologist lizette gonzalez from miami. good morning. >> reporter: good morning bone that -- we have the stalled frontal boundary that just continues to pummel the east coast. you can see the torrential rain up and down the atlantic into the new england areas. an additional 1 to two feet of carolinas. fl

fox news correspondent garrett tenney has moved just outside myrtle beach.he conway south carolina, garrett? >> yeah, greta. it will be at least a couple of months before this water goes away completely it's hard to imagine 24 hours ago this roadway was completely dry. but the river -- this the evening the officials said anyone who hasn't evacuated they recommended do so now before the waters rise even more. we went around this neighborhood earlier this afternoon in some boats because that's really the best way to get around nowadays. and people we have seen a lot of them leaving. they have been heeding those warnings. you will see a lot of homes. they are built on stilts. that's because they are used to flooding here in this neighborhood. this isn't your typical type of flooding. this is near record floods that we are seeing. the department of natural resources, they have been out going nonstop all day. working to reach everyone here in this neighborhood. check on them as well as to help anyone who hasn't got out already and wants to to be able to leave. wh

and rebecca ann karns of myrtle creek, 18 years old.ime i'd like to introduce fire chief greg marlor of fire district number 2 who would like to make a few comments regarding two of our victims. chief. >> thank you, sheriff. it saddens me to announce that two of these victims were actually members of our immediate fire and ems family. obviously we are family and this hurts. the situation is personal to us and we share in the pain that this community is feeling right now. but i want to let everyone know our service and our response will not be effected in the light of this tragedy. we're working actively with law enforcement in their investigation. and then we ask that all questions be forwarded through their public office. i have some remarks from the family, the anspa family, would like us to thank everybody for their heartfelt thoughts and prayers during this difficult time. trevin was one of the most positive young men, always looking for the best in life. trevin was larger than life and brought out the best in those around him. in j

garrett tenney live at myrtle beach, south carolina. more on that as we get it. meanwhile, here's the coast guard on the state of the cargo ship. >> sophisticated aircraft. we flew it very high, up at 27,000 feet altitude, so we can scan a very wide area. we covered 70,000 square nautical miles yesterday looking for the el far are o. so based on all of that, for our search planning efforts, we are assuming that the vessel has sank. we believe it sank in the last known position that we recorded on thursday. so what that means, though, we just change our search planning efforts. we are still looking for survivors or any signs of life, any signs of that vessel. we are still doing that. so the search for survivors continues. yesterday, because of those favorable search conditions, we were able to see a lot of material that was at sea. a lot of things that came from a container ship of that size. so we know we recovered the el faro's life ring, we also recovered a lifeboat that had the markings of el faro on it. it was heavily damaged, but it was recovered. no signs o

one of the hardest hit areas is halfway between myrtle beach and charleston. ems has been stretched to the limit with water rescues. one man had to be rescued by boat while clinging to a tree. we get more from cnn's boris sanchez. >> reporter: john and christine, georgetown is one of the hardest hit areas in south carolina. as you see, part of the reason is because the city lies at the bottom of the geographical bowl with rivers all around town. this keeps happening. there is an inlet where the water keeps rising and goes into the businesses. one business is getting pumped, but it is not expected to make a difference as the rainfall continues into the day. when we arrived in town, there was a police barricade. a lot of the roads are disshelved. emergency all across town. gas leaks and structure fires here. authorities are rushing to emergencies left and right. we spoke to two ambulance workers who said they had been going for more than 24 hours and every ambulance in the city is out attending to emergencies. fortunately, it appears most people are safe. the ma

they are now in myrtle beach. we had 17 1/2 inches, one weather observer had 19. is open for the first time and people are having to deal with this, pulling the carpet out of a couple dozen places that got hit. what also happened was the 20 inches of rain in town yesterday morning, came sweeping through and in some cases came up through the foundation. at the doodle bug store next door, they powered out all of the water and this morning another four inches came in. they got an important deadline. next saturday is the wooden boat festival and they need a crowd to come back from the economic hit they've taken. >> reassuring to see somewhat businesses opening up and getting back to normal knowing the rest of the state is struggling so much. especially with more flood expected. thank you. now we continue to follow breaking news in the search for a missing cargo ship carrying 33 people. the coast guard is saying they believe the ship sank and is lost at sea. and the property is back in session. we'll have a preview of some of the high-profile cases they'll take on in c

over the next several hours, for charleston, we are getting a break in the rain, but towards myrtle beach, we have seen over a hundred water rescues in this area, all the way up to greenville, as well. we are picking up a lot of flood reports along the north carolina coast, as well. here are some of the water totals, rain to get we have seen up until yesterday morning. we get a new advisory out as we go towards this morning. as you can see, mount pleasant saw 24 inches. i do expect that to go into the high 20's. we may see in some areas up to 30 inches. flash flood warn ins charleston toward wilmington and for today, we do expect to see about another two to four inches in the central part of south carolina. for south carolina, your rain is probably going to be ending later on this afternoon. for north carolina, we expect that rain probably to end tonight, but another big problem is going to be later on this week, those rivers are still going to be flooded. >> it's moving north or west? >> it's moving out to sea, the rain is going to be ending completely. >> thank you, kevin. >> the storms

to myrtle beach, south carolina.lions of americans along the eastern seaboard affected by the wind and record breaking rain. >> this is not just any rain. this is going to be the heaviest rainfall we have ever seen. >> reporter: in charleston, south carolina, a deluge of water and roads more accustomed to traffic jams, inundated by several feet of water. these two strangers teamed up to help stranded people in their cars. >> we saw the people and the car just floating around and decided to help them out. >> reporter: you don't know each other? you just helping hands here? >> well, i think we just have the same motive as far as we are stuck here any ways, might as well help somebody out. >> help us here. >> reporter: often where there is crisis, there are those willing to lend a hand. this stranded wedding party nearly missed the big day, if not for the last-minute aid of the national guard. but not everyone was as fortunate. since thursday, at least four people were killed in storm-related incidents in north and sout

garret is live in myrtle beach. >> reporter: this is the result of rain falling for a week.middle of an intersection in north myrtle beach, one of the lowest tidal areas. the lakes are completely full and the rivers are either at or above flood level all across the state. columbia is where we are seeing some of the hardest hit areas today by the constant rain and flooding. evacuations are under way there as well. emergency responders, they have been sent on more than 200 swift water rescue missions in the last 12 hours alone since last night. those operations are under way, as are the evacuations. across the state, bridges and roadways are also a major concern. that's why the state of emergency operation center is asking folks to stay where they are if they are someplace safe and stay off the roads, if at all possible, because the roads are simply not safe. we have a picture here just outside columbia of some of the roadways. one of the concerns now is the water, the ground is so saturated that it's just not stable to be driving on, washing out roadways, bridges as well. you

serena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. treven taylor anspach of sutherland, 20 years old, and rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> douglas county sheriff josh hanlan saying the names of those remembers. lucero alcaraz was in the honors program in a full school lob shif. her older sister said i never got a chance to tell you how proud of you i was. i ache for you so much right now. lucero alcaraz 18 years old. rebecca ann carnes just started a new job who writes this isn't supposed to be how life works. lieu cause eibel was a quadruplet. he and his sisters and brother graduated from high school this year and attended on a scholarship studying creme most industry. he was 18. quinn glen cooper, yesterday was his fourth day of college. he and his brother cody were instepble. jason dale johnson was 33, a proud christian according to his family and enrolled college student. they say he finally found his path. lawrence levine taught the class where the fatal shootings took place, he was 67. we don't yet know much

and rebecca ann carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> we now know the names of those killed. more on what we've learned about their lives. what have you found out? >> they're more than just the names the sheriff was reading. they were students, just four days into their college career, many of them. there were nine lost in all. eight of them students, one of them was their teacher. the teacher you heard, larry levine. these are sons, daughterins. two of them were related to firefighters in this town. many of them liked to be in the outdoors. a lot of them were athletes. what they all had in common is that they all had this thread of education. and we want to take a look at just a few of these people so we can get to know them. lucero al luceroalcarez wanted to be a pediatric nurse. she wants to be able to joke about the size of starbucks cups. >> her sister never got to say how proud she was of her. >> and it's through that public discussion that she's hopefully trying to communicate how much she is missing her sister. there is 18-year-old lucas eibel, one of a quadruplet, gr

in myrtle beach, carolina, several roads closed now because they are either under water or washed outocalized state of emergency is still in effect there. there have been multiple rescues for people stranded in their vehicles and people needing to evacuate their homes. south carolina's governor is asking everyone to stay off the roads. >> this is not over. just because the rain stops does not mean that we are out of the woods. we very much still have a vulnerable situation that's out there, and still going to ask citizens to please stay inside. >> 40,000 people in the state are without water. 20,000 customers have no power. >>> here's some of the stories making headlines on nbc 10 news at 4:00, a mother is accused of injecting her 14-year-old daughter and another child with heroin. police say riffey injected the two on several occasions at her home in honey brook last month. riffey's boyfriend is charged with supplying the drugs. >>> a woman convicted of abducting a 5-year-old girl and sexually assaulting her has been sentenced to 40 years to life in prison. video caught her taking he

serena dinemore of myrtle creek. trevon taylor onpaw of suterland 20 years old. and rebecca anne carnes of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> it is just chilling to hear the names named off one by one as the families of the victims are asking for privacy during this time. but some released written statements including the family of lucas ibal saying, "we have been trying to figure out how to tell everyone how amazing lucas was, but they say that would take 18 years." >> and the family of the 34- year-old jason johnson said that jason was proud of himself enrolling in school and so was his mom. they felt jason had finally found his path. >> authorities say that the gunman was heavily armed legally ataping his weapons. >> we have more information about the young man behind the mass shooting. >> reporter: the attacker was well prepared to inflict devastation on the campus of umpqua community college. trying to piece together the circumstances surrounding the shooting, which rocked this quiet town in oregon and the nation. >> so far we recovered 13 weapons. out of those

in the myrtle beach area about 100 homes have been affected and rescue crews went in there to help them get through the flood waters and into safety. >> derek becker, thank you, i know you have a lot to do. we appreciate the time. >>> we turn now to the horrific mass shooting at umpque community college in oregon. the ages of the victims were from 18 to 67. the gunman was a student in the very class where he opened fire. cnn decided not to show the gunman's photo. we're also not reporting his name because he wants notarity for the shooting and we're not giving it to him. i want to bring in ashley ban field who has been speaking to friends of the victims and the students in that school when the shots rang out. what are they telling you today? >> reporter: as could be understood, so many are still so shaken. many of those were onboard the buses as they were being evacuated from campus and watching as they brought in student after student but not their loved one, their best friend, their family member, et cetera. it has been a heroing ideal. the college made a decision that classes were su

. >> joe and myrtle? >> yeah, joe and myrtle next door, they had a key.o they met the chief of police. >> as i came on the front porch, the neighbor told me that he had already been inside the house, and that tara was not there. he was concerned as to her whereabouts. i, too, went inside the house and began to search for tara. inside the house, it looked as if she had been there earlier, was no longer there. they had had a pageant the day before, where girls were obviously getting ready inside the house. curling irons and that sort of thing laying in the bathroom. and jewelry. and that sort of stuff laying around, and clothing. the bed was unmade. the phone still in the charger by the bed. >> we were at school so we didn't know what was going on. we didn't intentionally keep it from the kids, but we weren't broadcasting it. there were some really scary scenarios that were going through people's minds, so we didn't want to alarm the kids, if we didn't have to. when she just wasn't there, we knew something was wrong. >> chief hancock sensed investigating th

sarena dawn moore of myrtle creek, 44 years old. t treven taylor an pauk and rebecca anne of myrtle creek, 18 years old. >> that was sheriff john hanlin saying the names of the nine murdered. they were reading statements. lieu sarah alcaraz wanted to be a pediatric nurse or a doctor. her older sister writes, i never got a chance to tell you how proud of you i was, i ache so much right now. rebecca anne carnes was just 18. her cousin writes, this isn't supposed to be how life works. lucas eibel was a quadruplet. he and his sister and two brothers graduated this year and attending the college on a scholarship. lucas was just 18. quinn glen cooper, his family says he and his brother cody were inspep rabble. jason dale johnson, 33, a proud christian according to his family. they say he had finally found his path. lawrence levine taught at ucc. he was teaching the class where the fatal shootings took place. he was 67. we don't yet know much about kim saltmarsh dietz, nor do we know much about treven taylor, he was the child of a local fi

this is myrtle beach, south carolina. millions of people in the carolinas expected to be affected.orth carolina governor pat mccrory spoke to me just a moment ago. >> sadly, south carolina, which we wouldn't have anticipated less than 48 hours ago, is going to get hit the hardest, due to this very stagnant storm, which is impacted by the hurricane going off the coast, which was very good news for north carolina, especially in the outer banks area, closer to virginia. but south of wilmington is where we're having some flooding. we had an evacuation of a couple hundred people in the calabash area, a well-known tourist fishing destination. >> south carolina, north carolina, new jersey, and virginia have declared states of emergency. and more heavy flooding could hit states all the way up the east coast. our cnn nick valencia is live in charleston, south carolina. and nick, we've been talking every hour here, and we have seen the rain just get heavier and heavier and the water is rising there. how are people coping? are they staying off the streets? we saw some of those vehicles stuck.

we drove from myrtle beach this morning and there were several inches of water on the highway similar to where i'm standing right now. you had to drive extremely carefully. we had several cars that had pulled over because the water was too high and in some parts he had to cross your fingers and just hope that you were going to make it through. despite those conditions, we saw a lot of drivers that were speeding not something you want to see considering that in the past two days, there had been at least three weather related traffic fatalities in south carolina alone. once we got here to georgetown, a lot of the road ares with shut down, we've seen a lot of emergency teams scattered through the city. office of emergency management told us that they have completed more than 70 rescues getting people out of their homes since 4:00 this morning. aside from that there is a lot of ancillary issues, things like structure fires and gas leaks that have caused problems for first responders. we spoke to two people who were working an ambulance, they told us they had been going for more than 24 ho

myrtle beach we had total 15 1/2 inches of rain and that was a 1/3 of your yearly rainfall. and the airport didn't get the heavier of the rain and about a 11 inches there. average in columbia. we did get flash flooding last night around las vegas and the eastern half of the country looks really nice with temperatures above average next two days in a row. now a closer look at your day ahead. so temperatures very warm today from nashville to dallas. in houston, temperatures in the upper 80s. and shower and thunderstorms chances in new mexico today. beautiful fall weather. >> we'll take it. >>> well, a popular breakfast cereal favored by babies everywhere is being recalled. >>> and ambushed by furious employees as they tear the shirts off their backs. i want to smell the way champagne tastes. i love champagne. infuse your laundry with... ...up to 12 weeks of luxurious long-lasting scents... ...unstopables in wash scent booster. i want my foyer to smell more like a foyer. i want his bedroom to smell like he's away at boarding school. surround yourself with up to 6 hours of luxur

myrtle beach on what they're doing right now. garrett. >> reporter: we've heard a lot about how historic and unprecedented the rainfall has been. and i want to paint the picture for you here. this street yesterday morning at 11:30 was completely clear and two hours later the water was waist-deep. it's gone down 4 or 5 inches since then. the flooding here varies. some of the homes the water is right up to the garage doors, right at the brink. earlier today a lot of these homes had several inches, up to several feet of water that went inside. it is starting to come down a little bit but the rain is still sprinkling a little bit here. it's going to continue through overnight hours and into tomorrow a little bit as well. really folks here are saying that they've never seen the flooding here anything like this. you have to go back to 1989 to see any type of hurricane that did anything like this. they're all caught off-guard by it. folks coming in and out today on canoes to check their homes and look for damage and to see if they are g

. >> 44-year-old serena dawn moore of myrtle creek attended high school. she attended school with her daughter who was among the injured. someone posted on-line that she stood in front of a door to block the shooter. all killed in a writing class. yes there is no sentence. words that capture the magnitude of the loss. abc7 news. >> survivors are talking about the self-less actions of this man, the army veteran who blocked his classroom door and told the gunman you aren't getting by me. the gunman hit his hands, back, stomach and legs. he lay on the ground and he told the gunman it is my son's birthday. his son turned six yesterday. doctors said all of the shots missed his vital organs, but he will have to learn to walk again. a go fund me page raised a half million dollars so far to help him recover. >> if you would like to express your condolences to the shooting victims and their families go to the abc facebook page. it will let people in oregon know you are with them. >>> more help is on the way for people displaced by the valley and boutte fires. gover

you can see here back up in myrtle beach, this water is not going away. it has bonn down today. it will be several days before they get back to normal. just a minute ago the sun was coming out, is the first time we've seen the sun in a while down here. rain is picking back up. wind is picking back up. they hope to get home. in this neighborhood it is perfect sign of flash flooding. at 11:30 yesterday. the road was completely empty. now it is up to my niece. this morning it was up to my waste. things are improving. deirdre: improving. we get a clear picture what is going on. garrett tenney joining us from myrtle buy south carolina. >>> hurricane joaquin the reason for missing cargo ship, el faro. it was traveling from jacksonville, florida, to san juan, puerto rico and disappearing. it was record the are southeast in the bahamas. winds were 21 miles per hour at the time. in the midst after category 4 storm. captain chuck nash is with me of the u.s. navy. 28 americans, five polish national lost their lives. they have stopped searching for the ship, looking for signs of live. how d

garrett tenney is live in myrtle beach. kerrigan is in columbia. the disappear and of a cargo ship at sea. janice dean is in the exstrategic weather center. janice? >> the numbers are record breaking across south carolina. over 21 inches as cotc of south and north. smashing records here. over 26 inches in parts of south carolina. again, the numbers close to 2 feet or more in this very vulnerable area and the water just has nowhere to go on shore winds. people are still urged to stay in place. flood advisories still on shore for from north carolina down to south carolina. and we still have that on shore flow with moisture. it is getting better. it is letting up and we are starting to see those flood advisories start to come down which is great news. however, the damage is done. we are going to see millions and millions of dollars in damage. and it could take years in some cases to repair the infrastructure. you can he see the whipped gusts still coming on shore. we are not done yet. we are almost there. as we look ahead over the next couple of days,

. >> this video of highway 17 through myrtle beach. it's one of 150 roads and bridges that are closed now because of flooding. south carolina governor nicki hayly warns the waters may run downstream meaning things can get worse for people in those areas. >> right in the middle of the flooding was our own doreen gentzler who was on vacation in kowa, south carolina. >> okay. this is us trying to escape from our condo. that's doreen and her husband trekking through nearly knee-deep water when their rental car couldn't go further and she made it safely to the airport and has a number of photos on her facebook page. we'll hear more from doreen on news 4 at 6:00. >> that caused flooding in maryland, too. >> meteorologist doug kammerer is here with our storm team 4 coverage. doug? >> yeah, guys. it does continue to cause minor issues in some of the coastal sections. we've had a lot of flooding over the last couple of days along the chesapeake and this is the pawtuxet river. take a look at this. this is an area that is still recovering from th

seen in the low levels in 1,000 years and saying 2 to 6 more inches in some areas from columbia to myrtle beach. we have learned there are at least 754 calls for help. 320 collisions. three fatalities that are are weather related. what she is saying to everyone listening is to please stay inside. do not go out on those roads. we have just learned within moments ago that there were two dams that have failed. that have been breached which have also impacted an those roads that are still being flooded. she said this is not going to end until sometime on tuesday. i want to bring in our own tom sader in the cnn weather center. this is different than a hurricane. dealing with water that's sitting that has to be removed that's not moving anywhere. that that is what's the problem. >> there's several issues here. the low-lying area, the ponding of water. poor drinking water. water treatment facilities are are now getting breached. we're looking at infrastructure issues when it comes to dikes and dams. bridges are buckling. the rain is still coming down. we thought of a 1 in 500 year event. when yo