Even though Hurricane Joaquin is tracking away fromthe United States, torrential rainfall continues to pound the EastCoast.

Heavy rain has brought historic, life-threatening flooding inmany locations in South Carolina, including in Charleston andColumbia, where numerous rescues have been reported. Into Monday, afeed of rich tropical moisture from the Atlantic will continue tounleash heavy rainfall on the Southeast, especially in parts ofSouth Carolina and southeastern North Carolina.

Gov. Nikki Haley urged the residents of South Carolina to staysafe, saying that the amount of rain in the low country was at itshighest level in a 1,000 years and noted that the Congaree Riverwas at its highest level since 1936. In eastern South Carolinaand southeastern North Carolina, rainfall totals are predicted torange from 12 to 24 inches, nearly half of the normal rainfall foran entire year.

President Obama has already declared a state of emergency inSouth Carolina and ordered federal aid to help state and localefforts.

Ongoing rain and flood warnings

Rain and flood warnings remained in effect for many parts of theEast Coast on Sunday. While much of the torrential rainfall wascentered in the Carolinas, coastal communities as far as New Jerseywere feeling the effects of unrelenting rainfall.

In New Jersey, storms dislodged an entire house from its pilingsin a low-lying area of Middle Township, according to NBC New York.

Flood watches and warnings are in effect in parts of New Jersey,as well as Delaware, Maryland and Virginia.

At least 6 people have died on the East Coast since the severeweather began. Of the three weather-related deaths in SouthCarolina, two were motorists who lost control of their cars and thethird was a pedestrian hit by a car.

Take a look at photos of the unfolding devastation from thetorrential rains and powerful wind gusts.

Members of Norfolk Fire-Rescue pull a man from his car strandedbecause of flooding in Norfolk, Va., on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (APPhoto/Jason Hirschfeld)

Jordan Bennett, of Rock Hill, S.C., paddles up to a floodedstore in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/ChuckBurton)

Firemen, from left to right, Norman Beauregard, Kevin Ettengerand Chris Rodgers with the Georgetown Fire Department, inspect theflood waters at high tide in the historic downtown in Georgetown,S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. Much of South Carolina has experiencedhistoric rain totals coupled with an unusually high lunar tidecausing wide spread flooding. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

As the East Coast Rainstorm continues to pelt the Carolinas,people walk through the flooding at Market and Water Streets indowntown Wilmington, N. C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. In the backgroundis the battleship USS North Carolina, which is now a museum shipand memorial. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg)

Chris Joseph, far left, inspects the flood watersnear high tide in the historic downtown in Georgetown, S.C.,Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Mic Smith)

Flood waters climb up the walls of homes in Columbia, S.C.,Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Floodwaters cover a road in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4,2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Flood waters engulf cars at an apartment complex in Columbia,S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

A woman looks at a section of a street washed away byfloodwaters in Columbia, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. (APPhoto/Chuck Burton)

A vehicle and a man try to navigate floodwaters in Florence,S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, as heavy rain continues to causewidespread flooding in many areas of the state. (AP Photo/GerryBroome)

George Myers with the city of Isle of Palms directs equipment inon 23rd Ave. to clear the road after heavy rains fell on the Isleof Palms, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015. The South Carolina coast isgetting hammered with historic rains along with an unusual lunarhigh tide causing flooding all over the state. (AP Photo/MicSmith)

A woman walks down a flooded sidewalk toward an openconvenience store in Charleston, S.C., Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015.President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in SouthCarolina and ordered federal aid to bolster state and local effortsas flood warnings remained in effect for many parts of the EastCoast through Sunday. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Fred Grooms watches as a car turns around in flood waters onHardscrabble Road on Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, in Columbia, S.C.President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency in SouthCarolina and ordered federal aid to bolster state and local effortsas flood warnings remained in effect for many parts of the EastCoast through Sunday. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Collins)

Paul Banker, left, paddles a kayak and his wife Wink Banker, asthey takes photos on a flooded street in Charleston, S.C.,Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. A flash flood warning was in effect inparts of South Carolina, where authorities shut down the Charlestonpeninsula to motorists. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)

Traffic drives on flooded roads, at high-tide, in downtown OceanCity, Md., Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. Rain pummeling parts of the EastCoast showed little sign of slackening Saturday, withrecord-setting precipitation prolonging the soppy misery that hasbeen eased only by news that powerful Hurricane Joaquin will nothit the U.S. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

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