PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240806/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-emergency-declaration-south-carolina]


Release Date: 
August 5, 2024 

WASHINGTON -- FEMA announced today that federal disaster assistance is
available to the state of South Carolina to supplement response
efforts due to emergency conditions resulting from Hurricane Debby
beginning Aug. 4, 2024, and continuing.

The President’s action authorizes FEMA to coordinate all disaster
relief efforts to alleviate the hardship and suffering caused by the
emergency on the local population and to provide appropriate
assistance to save lives, to protect property, public health and
safety and to lessen or avert the threat of a catastrophe.
Specifically, FEMA 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.

Brett H. Howard has been named Federal Coordinating Officer for
federal recovery operations in the affected areas.