A young girl sits on a park bench surrounded by flood water in White Point Gardens in historic downtown after Hurricane Matthew passed through causing flooding and light damage to the area October 8, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. The hurricane made landfall near Charleston as a Category 2 storm but quickly diminished as it moved north.

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A young girl sits on a park bench surrounded by flood water in White Point Gardens in historic downtown after Hurricane Matthew passed through causing flooding and light damage to the area October 8, 2016 in Charleston, South Carolina. The hurricane made landfall near Charleston as a Category 2 storm but quickly diminished as it moved north.

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Size: 5057px × 3371px
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
Photo credit: © Richard Ellis / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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