In South Carolina, at least eight people have been killed amid “once in a millennium” floods. Roads and buildings have buckled, a swath of a major highway has been shut down, and hundreds of people have had to be rescued from the rising waters. More than a foot of rain fell overnight in the capital Columbia, where all residents have been told to boil their water before drinking it. South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley said the rain is a “thousand-year level.”

Gov. Nikki Haley: “When you think about what we’re sitting in right now, we are at a thousand-year level of rain in parts of the Lowcountry. What does that mean? We haven’t seen this level of rain in the Lowcountry in a thousand years. That’s how big this is. That’s what South Carolina is dealing with right now. The Congaree River is at its highest level since 1936.”

Meanwhile, the search continues for the missing cargo ship El Faro, which disappeared during Hurricane Joaquin with 33 people on board. Scientists have warned intensified hurricanes and flooding are being fueled by climate change. We’ll have more on climate change later in the broadcast.