AKIPRESS.COM - Days of torrential rains kept much of South Carolina and its capital gripped by floodwaters early Monday as emergency responders promised renewed door-to-door searches for anyone still trapped after a weekend deluge and hundreds of rescues, CBS News reported.

At least seven weather-related deaths have been blamed on the vast rainstorm.

Heavy rain kept falling into the early hours Monday around the Carolinas from the storm that began swamping the Southeast late last week, part of an unprecedented low pressure system that dumped more than 20 inches on one spot alone in Columbia, the South Carolina capital.

President Barack Obama has declared a state of emergency for South Carolina.

WJBF-TV reports that the flooding caused coffins to rise up from the ground at Springfield Cemetery in Orangeburg.