COLUMBIA, S.C. - A soaked South Carolina began drying out and cleaning up after the remnants of Frances dumped nearly a foot of rain and spun off about two dozen weak tornadoes.

The storm left small pockets of damage across the state, from downed trees in Hilton Head Island on Monday to more than 40 homes damaged Tuesday in Sumter County to roads washed out near Walhalla early Wednesday morning.

The state had two storm-related deaths. Utility worker Glenn Wyatt, 33, of Simpsonville was electrocuted late Tuesday evening when a live line hit him as he worked to restore power in Greenville, Coroner Parks Evans said. Robin J. Williams, 50, of Martinez, Ga., died on Interstate 20 near Aiken Tuesday morning after losing control of her sports utility vehicle, troopers said.

While 14 of the state's 46 counties reported some significant damage, it was limited to scattered areas of a few trees or homes, state Emergency Management Division spokesman Joe Farmer said.

Insurance workers were out Wednesday figuring out how much damage the storms did. About 800 claims had been made by the afternoon, but more are expected, said Allison Dean Love, executive director of the South Carolina Insurance News Service.

The claims ranged from a few hundred dollars for minor damage to several-hundred thousand dollars for destroyed buildings, she said. The total amount of damage caused by the storms statewide could not immediately be determined.

State emergency crews also were out assessing the damage from the latest round of weather to hit the storm-weary state.

"They are dealing with three different storms," said Farmer, noting there were still looking at damage from Hurricane Charley as well as Tropical Storm Gaston.

The remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie also sloshed into the state within the past month. And Hurricane Ivan is predicted to be off Florida's west coast early next week.

No corner of the state has been spared from the back-to-back-to-back storms. "We've had quite enough here," said Henry Gordon, emergency management director for Oconee County in the far northwest part of the state.

By late Tuesday, the main threat from Frances had shifted from tornadoes to rain. The hillier parts of Oconee County got close to a foot of rain, while Walhalla reported more than 9 inches of rain, Gordon said.

Floodwaters closed more than 30 roads in the county, and several roads were washed out, Gordon said. Several homes had water seep in and at least one mobile home was swept off its foundation.

"Overall, we've been pretty lucky considering all the rain we've had," Gordon said.

Other places in the Upstate reported 4 to 8 inches of rain, with isolated reports of 10 inches in Pickens County, Emergency Management Director Don Evett said.

"The hardest I have ever seen it rain was last night," Evett said.

It was the same story in Greenville. The Reedy River spilled its banks, turning the usually serene river into a torrent of whitewater. But the flooding wasn't as extensive as in July when a sudden storm dumped 8 inches of rain and sent the river to the second-highest level recorded in downtown Greenville, damaging about 200 homes and businesses.

Most of the tornadoes were reported farther east, from Sumter and Florence counties stretching north and hooking west toward Union and York counties, the National Weather Service said.

Teams of forecasters were heading out to count exactly how many tornadoes struck the state Monday and Tuesday.

So far, forecasters have a preliminary total of 19 tornadoes, but that doesn't count several tornado reports being investigated in the Pee Dee. A final number should come later this week.

The tally likely will eclipse the previous record for a tornado outbreak in South Carolina of 22 twisters when the remnants of Tropical Storm Beryl passed through in August 1994.

Even as South Carolina dealt with scattered damage from Frances, the state was sending dozens of workers to help to hard-hit Florida.

An administrator and 63 nurses and from the Department of Health and Environmental Control have been sent to Florida as well as four Blackhawk helicopters and 50 trucks from the South Carolina National Guard, Farmer said.

The National Guard has also sent a C-130 aircraft to help in aerial reconnaissance as well as communications specialists. State Forestry Commission workers also are in Florida.

Farmer said that with Hurricane Ivan on the horizon, the workers could be brought back quickly if still another hurricane targets the state.

"We want to help Florida, but we're not doing that leaving South Carolina at any disadvantage whatsoever if a storm hits," he said. "We are sending no one down that can't be brought back quickly."