SPARTANBURG, S.C. (AP) — Drenching rains along an already-saturated East Coast caused major flooding Thursday, drowning a woman whose car quickly filled up with water as she drove beneath an underpass and prompting flash-flood warnings from historic Charleston to Washington, D.C.
An early-morning downpour dumped 4 inches of rain on Spartanburg in a short time, causing floods that submerged several cars. To the northeast, one person died and another was injured in a crash near Fayetteville, North Carolina, when a tree fell across an interstate and hit two cars.
Residents across the region were bracing for several more days of rain and a possible strike by Hurricane Joaquin — a major Category 4 storm set to wallop the Bahamas and move toward the U.S. Joaquin could intensify damage around the region, but more rain is forecast regardless of the storm's path.
In South Carolina, 56-year-old Sylvia Arteaga was driving home after a night shift at Bridgewater Candle Company on Thursday morning when authorities said the floodwaters trapped her underneath a railroad bridge at the edge of Spartanburg. Below the bridge, the street narrows to one lane and cars have to alternate passing under it to let traffic flow through.
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