--- attributes: ~ 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 (CC BY-SA 2.0)." chapter: doi: 10.7930/NCA4.2018.CH19 identifier: southeast number: 19 report_identifier: nca4 sort_key: 119 title: Southeast url: https://nca2018.globalchange.gov/chapter/19/ chapter_identifier: southeast cited_by: [] contributors: - href: https://data.globalchange.gov/contributor/34730.yaml id: 34730 organization: country_code: US identifier: national-oceanic-atmospheric-administration international: ~ name: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration organization_type_identifier: federal url: http://www.noaa.gov/ organization_uri: /organization/national-oceanic-atmospheric-administration person: first_name: Douglas C. id: 16300 last_name: Marcy middle_name: ~ orcid: 0000-0002-0857-3239 url: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/csd/index.php?page=semserContent§ion=seminar&speaker=semser_20121114_marcy_doug person_id: 16300 person_uri: /person/16300 role_type_identifier: point_of_contact uri: /contributor/34730 create_dt: 2018-04-03T20:12:50 files: - file: 2f/23/dc79397c01b1d30abdcef6059a74/Oct2015_flood_Charleston_1.jpg href: https://data.globalchange.gov/assets/2f/23/dc79397c01b1d30abdcef6059a74/Oct2015_flood_Charleston_1.jpg identifier: 8fa3b115-a349-445e-baf5-0260a59a3f8b landing_page: ~ location: ~ mime_type: image/jpeg sha1: 2b37e1e018f68fe67360331ce04361492680a331 size: 16266649 thumbnail: 2f/23/dc79397c01b1d30abdcef6059a74/.thumb-8fa3b115-a349-445e-baf5-0260a59a3f8b.png thumbnail_href: https://data.globalchange.gov/assets/2f/23/dc79397c01b1d30abdcef6059a74/.thumb-8fa3b115-a349-445e-baf5-0260a59a3f8b.png uri: /file/8fa3b115-a349-445e-baf5-0260a59a3f8b url: /assets/2f/23/dc79397c01b1d30abdcef6059a74/Oct2015_flood_Charleston_1.jpg gcmd_keywords: - definition: 'Water covering previously dry area: a very large amount of water that has overflowed from a source such as a river or a broken pipe onto a previously dry area.' href: https://data.globalchange.gov/gcmd_keyword/fd03d204-4391-4e98-8142-8b8efa235231.yaml identifier: fd03d204-4391-4e98-8142-8b8efa235231 label: FLOODS parent_identifier: ec0e2762-f57a-4fdc-b395-c8d7d5590d18 uri: /gcmd_keyword/fd03d204-4391-4e98-8142-8b8efa235231 - definition: 'Extreme precipitation events in the form of high amounts of rainfall can contribute to flooding, landslides and mud flows. Effects of extreme precipitation on the natural environment can often be disproportionally larger than the cumulative effect of normal precipitation patterns. The magnitude of societal impacts of extremes depends upon a variety of factors such geographic location, population density, infrastructure design standards and emergency response systems (Parry et al., 2007)' href: https://data.globalchange.gov/gcmd_keyword/fc5a1b7a-5ee8-4d67-80f5-a57e3f1734ab.yaml identifier: fc5a1b7a-5ee8-4d67-80f5-a57e3f1734ab label: EXTREME PRECIPITATION parent_identifier: b29b46ad-f05f-4144-b965-5f606ce96963 uri: /gcmd_keyword/fc5a1b7a-5ee8-4d67-80f5-a57e3f1734ab - definition: 'A general term used in archaeology, geography, landscape history and other subjects for a permanent or temporary community in which people live, without being specific as to size, population or importance.' href: https://data.globalchange.gov/gcmd_keyword/fee25cad-7ffe-4ee2-a6f2-8116b8a0a707.yaml identifier: fee25cad-7ffe-4ee2-a6f2-8116b8a0a707 label: HUMAN SETTLEMENTS parent_identifier: fb93d937-c17c-45d0-a9e3-ca5c8a800ca8 uri: /gcmd_keyword/fee25cad-7ffe-4ee2-a6f2-8116b8a0a707 - definition: The basic facilities and equipment needed for the functioning of a country or area. href: https://data.globalchange.gov/gcmd_keyword/d4313915-2d24-424c-a171-30ee9a6f4bb5.yaml identifier: d4313915-2d24-424c-a171-30ee9a6f4bb5 label: INFRASTRUCTURE parent_identifier: fb93d937-c17c-45d0-a9e3-ca5c8a800ca8 uri: /gcmd_keyword/d4313915-2d24-424c-a171-30ee9a6f4bb5 href: https://data.globalchange.gov/report/nca4/chapter/southeast/figure/oct2015_flood_charleston.yaml identifier: oct2015_flood_charleston images: - attributes: ~ create_dt: 2018-04-03T20:12:50 description: ~ identifier: df56c8cb-120e-4814-bef6-efd91b19ccca lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ position: ~ submission_dt: 2018-11-30T19:07:40 time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: October 2015 Charleston Flood url: ~ usage_limits: Figure may be copyright protected and permission may be required. Contact original figure source for information kindred_figures: [] lat_max: ~ lat_min: ~ lon_max: ~ lon_min: ~ ordinal: 13 parents: [] references: [] regions: - description: 'Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia' href: https://data.globalchange.gov/region/southeast.yaml identifier: southeast label: Southeast uri: /region/southeast report_identifier: nca4 source_citation: ~ submission_dt: 2018-11-30T19:07:40 time_end: ~ time_start: ~ title: October 2015 Charleston Flood uri: /report/nca4/chapter/southeast/figure/oct2015_flood_charleston url: ~ usage_limits: Figure may be copyright protected and permission may be required. Contact original figure source for information