Hurricane Ian is lashing South Carolina in its second US landfall after carving a swathe of deadly destruction across Florida.
Florida emergency officials announced 21 deaths as of Friday morning.
Ian returned as a category one hurricane near Georgetown at 14:05 local time (18:05 GMT) on Friday before losing some power as it marched inland, reports BBC.
Nearly 200,000 homes and businesses in South Carolina were without power by Friday evening.
But the danger is not over. Flooding is projected to continue throughout the region, including in Florida, for days.
But a state medical examiner must determine if all the fatalities are directly related to the storm.
In coastal South Carolina, Ian has already ripped apart four piers and sent torrents of water flooding into neighbourhoods, including in the popular seaside city of Myrtle Beach.
In the city of Charleston, around 80 miles (130km) south of where the hurricane made landfall, cars were seen driving through flooded roads.
The storm is moving north with maximum sustained winds of around 60mph (95km/h), according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC).
According to NHC, although Ian weakened on Friday, it is still dangerous.
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