. back to the people in south carolina, they're starting with what is likely to be a very long recovery from last week's devastating storms. neighbors in columbia say they're banding together this weekend to assess the damage and clean up the debris. charity organizations are rounding up volunteers helping residents remove ruined possessions from their flooded out homes. two disaster recovery centers are open in the columbia area. state officials say they're to help flood survivors who need money for paying rent and other essential home repairs. south carolina didn't get any help from mother nature this weekend. more rain returned to the region yesterday. but there is relief in sight as the storm slowly weakens and moves off the coast. >> we saw rainfall totals historic across south carolina, over two feet of rain across a widespread region of the carolinas last weekend. we're watching a weak system off shore now. in some cases we saw a couple of inches across south carolina.