SC governor seeks $1.2 billion in Florence aid; damage to Pee Dee ‘catastrophic’
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The request -- in the form of a letter sent to members of the state's congressional delegation -- includes:
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The money will go for repairs to roads and bridges, water-control facilities, utilities, public parks and beaches, as well as building and equipment replacement, the letter says.
For more than two days,
"Deadly localized flash flooding washed out roads and bridges, submerged homes and left residents stranded from
"The damage in the northeastern part of our state will be catastrophic, surpassing anything recorded in modern history."
The
The governor has asked President
Individual assistance would include money for temporary rental assistance and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help survivors recover, according to
The estimates are based primarily on information from Hurricane Matthew and the assumption that the state suffered substantial damage from
S.C. officials also based their analysis on the fact the counties impacted by the storm have high proportions of low- to moderate-income residents, "which do not have the means to recover themselves and are vulnerable to disaster impacts," S.C. Disaster Recover Office Program Management director
Many of the counties, too, still are recovering after being hit back-to-back with devastating flooding in 2015 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
"Repeated disaster events have significant and lasting impacts upon populations, communities and counties," Sanderson wrote in his letter to the governor.
He emphasized the estimates are "a snapshot in time," and could increase or decrease.
By comparison, the floods of 2015 caused an estimated
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