From what I have been watching, it is the inland peoples that have been flooded with double digit amounts of rain. I was NOT specifically referencing the coastal resorts. South Carolina is only allowing people back that fled based upon the ‘county’s’ clearance. BUT some of those that fled to inland had to be rescued because of the heavy inland rain. And those rivers and creeks will not crest for days.
With a hurricane, tropical storm or even a nor’easter, comes heavy rain. Sympathy for those who experienced loss or inconvenience is definitely in order, however it is a fact of life in coastal SC and NC. It’s happened before and it will happen again.