Tag: Hurricane Florence
S.C. town pairs with regional council for economic recovery plan after floods
After suffering two floods in three years, the town of Nichols is racing the clock to prevent another catastrophe. Leaders are working with the Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments to develop a comprehensive plan for the town’s future.
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Weathering two storms: S.C. town in need of funding to survive floods
The town of Nichols in Marion County, South Carolina, is still recovering from flooding in 2016 and 2018. Now, as the town works to secure grants to rebuild, leaders are determined to prevent devastation from future floods or hurricanes.
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Two years later, S.C. town still recovering from back-to-back hurricane losses
After enduring rising waters and harrowing rescues in two separate hurricanes, residents and business owners in this small Pee Dee town are working hard to ensue they are not flooded a third time.
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“Our response is what we can control”
Officials continued to monitor South Carolina rivers weeks after the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.
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State’s homeless population looks for ways to weather a storm
For South Carolina’s large homeless population, finding shelter during a storm is difficult. Some shelters in Columbia and the Upstate open extra emergency shelters during extreme weather, and churches around Columbia also opened their doors to the homeless population during Hurricane Florence.
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