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caption: "Many roads became impassable in the inland areas of South Carolina as a result of the October 2015 extreme rainfall event. This photo shows a neighborhood in North Charleston after the event with knee-deep flooding. Photo credit: Ryan Johnson (<a href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/'>CC BY-SA 2.0</a>)."
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