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Three Arkansas American Red Cross volunteers are going to North and South Carolina to help following the flooding. Kemp says the Red Cross partners with FEMA in the disaster relief efforts as they move from the response phase to the damage assessment phase following a disaster...

A weakening Hurricane Joaquin moved past Bermuda and farther out into the Atlantic on Monday after toppling trees and knocking out power to thousands in the wealthy financial haven and tourist destination. The U.S. Coast Guard said the craft sunk after losing power and...

About 40,000 have been left without drinkable water.

Rain initially moved into the Carolinas late last week and intensified heading into the weekend with a few of the heaviest and most widespread rain falling on Saturday.

News19 crews had difficulty reaching the area because of all the closed roads.

Rainfall records were shattered in many areas, and six deaths have been attributed to the inclement weather.

Reports indicated there were about 2 feet of water on the two-lane road.

NASA’s Aqua satellite captured this visible image of Hurricane Joaquin over Bahamas on October. 1.

Early Sunday, emergency management officials sent a statewide alert telling people to stay off roads and remain indoors unless their homes were in danger of flooding. Power was knocked out to about 50,000 residences and businesses in the two states as of early yesterday.

“I’ve never seen anything like this in Columbia”, Wukela, who has lived in the city since 2006, said.

Emergency officials said there were about 140 water rescues in Dorchester overnight.

Coast Guard officials in Miami said the rescue took place Thursday evening as the area experienced heavy weather caused by Hurricane Joaquin. Driving to work in drizzling rain, Bishop saw several high-water areas near train underpasses in town but didn’t have to alter his...

Three people died on Friday and Saturday in traffic incidents in South Carolina, and a vehicle passenger died in North Carolina on Thursday when a tree fell on Interstate 95, officials said.

The latest on drenching storms threatening the East Coast.

Associated Press video journalist Tony Winton in Miami contributed to this report, along with Associated Press writer Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, and AP Science Writer Seth Borenstein in Washington. “Freeport, Grand Bahama, Eleuthera and other tourist areas are...