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President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency in South Carolina after severe storms caused widespread flooding on the US east coast.
Dozens of streets in Charleston were closed to traffic after roads were left under several feet of water.
A number of people were rescued from stranded cars.
Mr Obama has ordered federal aid to help those affected and told federal agencies to co-ordinate disaster relief efforts.
It was feared the US Atlantic Seaboard would take a direct hit from Hurricane Joaquin.
But it has been downgraded from a category four to a category three storm.
It was no longer seen as a danger and was expected to stay well off the coast.
In Charleston, water also pushed into homes and buildings in the centre of the city with another 5-10cm expected in the coming hours.
The historic district was almost entirely shut down and parts of the market area had sandbags piled up to keep the floodwaters out.
The National Weather Service said “bursts of heavy rain are likely” in the Carolinas and parts of northern Georgia that could cause rivers and streams in the region to flood significantly.
Rain levels had the potential to be “life threatening and historic,” the service said on its website.
Once the rain ends, the threat of flooding persists because the ground is too saturated to absorb water, meteorologists said.
There were fears of flooding in other east coast states including Delaware, New Jersey, Maryland and Virginia
A flash flooding warning was also in effect in other parts of South Carolina.
Amid street flooding in New Jersey, which was left devastated by Superstorm Sandy almost three years ago, state governor Chris Christie said: “It looks like we dodged a bullet this time.
“Let’s keep our fingers crossed.”
Courtesy of Sky News
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