President Biden approves emergency declaration for South Carolina
FEMA (Photo: FEMA Website)
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– President Biden has authorized FEMA to coordinate all disaster relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the emergency in South Carolina.
According to FEMA, federal disaster assistance is available to the state of South Carolina to supplement response efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from Tropical Storm Debby beginning Aug. 4, 2024, and continuing.
FEMA says the department is authorized to identify, mobilize, and provide at its discretion equipment and resources necessary to alleviate the impacts of the emergency.
Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care including evacuation and shelter support will be provided at 75% federal funding for Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Colleton, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester, Edgefield, Fairfield, Florence, Georgetown, Hampton, Horry, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lee, Lexington, McCormick, Marion, Marlboro, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, Sumter and Williamsburg counties.
Emergency protective measures, limited to direct federal assistance, will be provided at 75% federal funding for Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg, Union and York counties.
