Posted in South Carolina January 15, 2016 by

These 18 Photos of South Carolina’s 1,000 Year Flood Are Mind-Blowing

2015 was a heartbreaking year of loss in South Carolina. From the shootings at Emanuel AME Church in Charleston to the 1,000-Year Storm it was a tough year for everyone in the Palmetto State.

It’s been nearly three and a half months since the skies ruptured over South Carolina pouring record-breaking rainfall amounts. In the days and weeks that followed, the Palmetto State saw even more rain and a catastrophic flood with treacherous rising and raging waters. Here’s a look back at that devastating event.

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1. A flooded bridge on Nursery Road in Irmo. Photo taken on Oct. 8 2015.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)/Facebook
2. A man in the Lowcountry surveys the standing water around him.
Joyce Meyer Ministries
3. Rising waters nearly cover the car in this family's driveway and have nearly filled the first floor of the home.
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)/Facebook
4. A levee breach in Columbia.
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Flickr
5. The Coast Guard surveys the damage in Berkeley and Williamsburg Counties from the air on Oct. 7, 2015.
Coast Guard News/Facebook
6. An aerial observation by the U.S. Department of Agriculture surveys the rising waters on the Black River near Sumter on Oct. 6, 2015.
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Facebook
7. Georgetown County, near the Black River.
South Carolina Department of Natural Resources/Facebook
8. A truck is submerged in receding waters from the 1,000 year flood in SC.
FACEBOOK/Talyse Krolewicz Burkett
9. The neighbor of this Eastover, SC homeowner had his home's foundation washed away by the flood.
Go Fund Me/Columbia SC Flood Relief
10. Cars have floated out of the TD Bank lot on Forest Drive near Columbia, SC on Oct. 4, 2015.
FACEBOOK/Talyse Krolewicz Burkett
11. SC flood victims in Sumter, SC.
Go Fund Me/SC Flood victims
12. A dog climbs aboard a small boat as the waters rise in South Carolina.
Gabe to the Rescue
13. The family owning this house in the Kings Grant neighborhood of Columbia had a lapsed insurance policy at the time of the flood. In this photo, the water has reached the roofline.
Go Fund Me/SC Flood
14. Receding waters reveal what's left of Forest Lake Gardens in the heart of Forest Acres near Columbia, SC.
Go Fund Me/Forest Lake Gardens
15. Richland County near Downtown Columbia. Another bridge feeling the wrath of the raging floodwaters.
NACO/Richland County
16. Like so many families in South Carolina, this one in Sumter had to toss everything.
Go Fund Me/Sumter family
17. Forest Acres near Columbia.
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Flickr
18. Lockwood Blvd in Charleston, SC.
U.S. Department of Agriculture/Flickr

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