Emergency crews were racing Tuesday morning to stabilize several dams outside Columbia, South Carolina, in an effort to keep rising waters from rushing through the area in what is threatening to be another potential disaster on top of the states historic flooding. More than a dozen dams have burst across the state. Some of the breaches forced officials to evacuate neighborhoods east of Columbia from the rushing water. A solid week of rainfall has sent nearly 1,000 people to shelters, and left about 40,000 without drinkable water.
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