PRESIDENT JOSEPH R. BIDEN, JR. APPROVES EMERGENCY DECLARATION FOR
SOUTH CAROLINA
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20240927/president-joseph-r-biden-jr-approves-emergency-declaration-south-carolina]


Release Date: 
Tháng 9 27, 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 Helene
beginning Sept. 25 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.  

Federal funding is available to state, tribal and eligible local
governments and certain private nonprofit organizations on a
cost-sharing basis for emergency protective measures limited to direct
federal assistance and reimbursement for mass care including
evacuation and shelter support for Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg,
Barnwell, Beaufort, Calhoun, Chester, Colleton, Edgefield, Fairfield,
Greenwood, Hampton, Jasper, Kershaw, Lancaster, Lexington, McCormick,
Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda, Sumter, Union and York
counties. 

Federal funding is available for emergency protective measures
including direct federal assistance for Abbeville, Anderson,
Cherokee, Greenville, Laurens, Oconee, Pickens and Spartanburg
counties.

Finally, federal funding is also available for emergency protective
measures limited to direct federal assistance for Berkeley,
Charleston, Chesterfield, Clarendon, Darlington, Dillon, Dorchester,
Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Lee, Marion, Marlboro and Williamsburg
counties. 

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