The Saluda County Coroner’s Office says they have completed its investigation into 4 fatalities that were reported during Hurricane Helene.
The City of Columbia said in conjunction with Richland County, South Carolina Emergency Management Division and FEMA there will be a crews performing damage assessments throughout the city.
More than half of Dominion Energy customers in Saluda County are still without power as of Wednesday afternoon.
“It was absolutely amazing, and just incredible. But then it was also hard too, because we knew somebody was coming to get us, and it was just sad to think of all we were leaving behind, and two it was just a vacation for us, but these people lost everything,” says Wanda Hein.
Many places around the Midlands are continuing to give back to others in their time of need.
Many residents of the Carolinas still lacked running water, cellphone service and electricity Wednesday as rescuers searched for people unaccounted for after Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic damage across the Southeast and killed at least 166 people.
Over the past four years, President Joe Biden has jetted off to survey damage and console victims after tornadoes, wildfires and tropical storms. It’s not a role that Kamala Harris has played as vice president.
The South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) says the department is requesting a waiver from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) that if approved will allow DSS to automatically issue federally funded food replacement benefits to current SNAP recipients.
President Joe Biden is making stops in the Carolinas to survey the impact of Helene on both states, according to the White House.
The death toll in South Carolina after Hurricane Helene passed through the southeast has risen to 33 Tuesday morning, according to the Department of Public Safety.
