ASSISTANCE TO SOUTH CAROLINA TOPS $269 MILLION SIX MONTHS AFTER
HURRICANE MATTHEW
[https://www.fema.gov/press-release/20250121/assistance-south-carolina-tops-269-million-six-months-after-hurricane]


Release Date: 
四月 13, 2017 

ATLANTA – Six months after Hurricane Matthew struck South
Carolina’s coast, disaster survivors and communities in the Palmetto
State have received MORE THAN $269 MILLION in grants from FEMA,
settlements from FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, and low
interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration.

More than 11,000 applications from homeowners and renters have been
approved in the 24 disaster-designated counties since the Presidential
disaster declaration on Oct. 11, 2016. NEARLY $32 MILLION in
Individual Assistance grants provided temporary housing assistance and
critical disaster-related home repairs. ANOTHER $6.9 MILLION helped
survivors repair or replace essential personal property damaged during
Matthew as well as storm-related medical and dental expenses.

Businesses, homeowners and renters received MORE THAN $57 MILLION in
low-interest disaster loans from the U.S. Small Business
Administration to repair, rebuild and replace damaged property and
contents. Disaster loans cover losses not fully compensated by
insurance or other sources.

Policyholders received MORE THAN $146.6 MILLION in insurance
settlements from FEMA’s National Flood Insurance Program, to repair
and rebuild flood-damaged property.

As state and local governments recover, FEMA’s Public Assistance
(PA) program is reimbursing the state for 75 percent of eligible costs
to repair, replace, or restore disaster-damaged publicly owned
facilities and critical infrastructure like roads, bridges, utilities,
schools and hospitals. Many disaster-damaged structures will be more
resilient than they were before Matthew due to mitigation measures
incorporated in their restoration. To date, MORE THAN $26.5 MILLION is
obligated across 26 South Carolina counties designated for Public
Assistance.

For more information about the disaster recovery operation, visit
fema.gov/disaster/4286 [https://www.fema.gov/disaster/4286]or the
South Carolina Emergency Management Division at
scemd.org/recovery-section/ia.
[http://www.scemd.org/recovery-section/ia]

 

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