South Carolina flood victims: No home, no power, no water but we have our lives

After the rains, several breached dams sent a new wave of locals to seek cover in one of 33 shelters. The sun is now out but residents face a long road to recovery

Shakira Fair clutches her little doll Brianna tightly as she peers nervously into the high school gymnasium that will be her home for at least the next few nights.

The doll, in a bright pink toy cot, and Shakira's favourite woolly Olaf hat from the movie Frozen, were the only possessions the nine-year-old had time to collect when a sheriff's deputy came knocking on the door of her mother's apartment on Tuesday morning to tell them to get out immediately.