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Nichols, South Carolina

Nichols Methodist Church is seen under floodwaters on Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C.

Nichols Methodist Church is seen under floodwaters on Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C.

  (Rainier Ehrhardt / AP)

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Nichols wasn’t directly hit by Hurricane Matthew, but its location 50 miles inland from Myrtle Beach, between two converging rivers caused it to fill up like a bathtub after 18 inches of rain fell.

Tom Chickos

Tom Chickos, of Ashville, N.C. with Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, pulls a boat with kennels down Highway 9 on Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C.

  (Rainier Ehrhardt / AP)

Tim McDowell

Tim McDowell walks to his house in floodwaters on Oct. 11, 2016, in Nichols, S.C.

  (Rainier Ehrhardt / AP)

Rawlings LaMotte, Natalie McDowell

Natalie McDowell, left, speaks with Rawlings LaMotte as she walks to her flooded home on Oct. 11, 2016 in Nichols, S.C.

  (Rainier Ehrhardt / AP)

Nichols

A boat passes a church in Nichols, S.C. on Oct. 10, 2016.

  (Rainier Ehrhardt / AP)

Hurricane Matthew Town’s Demise

Hazel Teen Lee, 63, hangs up clothes to dry out in the backyard of the home she and her husband James Daniel Lee live in that was heavily damaged by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Nichols, S.C. on Oct. 27, 2016.

  (Mike Spencer / AP)

Hurricane Matthew Town’s Demise

Holly Bunting, with Southern Baptist Convention Disaster Relief, throws wood onto a pile that was removed from the home of Bill Jones and was heavily damaged by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Nichols, S.C.

  (Mike Spencer / AP)

Hurricane Matthew Town’s Demise

Bill Jones, 77, points towards a pile of debris removed from his home on Oct. 27, 2016 that was heavily damaged by floodwaters caused by rain from Hurricane Matthew in Nichols, S.C..

  (Mike Spencer / AP)

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