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• Gov. McMaster Announces Deployment of South Carolina Team to Texas for Flood Response COLUMBIA, S.C. – Governor Henry McMaster has authorized the deployment of South Carolina Task Force 1 (SC-TF1), the state's Urban Search and Rescue team, to assist with response and recovery efforts following severe flooding in Texas.
• SCEMD Tracking Tropical Storm Chantal The South Carolina Emergency Management Division is actively monitoring Tropical Storm Chantal, which is located south-southeast of Charleston, South Carolina. Chantal will begin impacting the state on Saturday, bringing heavy rain, isolated flash flooding, gusty winds, and high rip currents through Monday.
• Governor McMaster, Emergency Officials Conduct Hurricane Preparedness Exercise Gov. Henry McMaster, the South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD), and members of the South Carolina Emergency Response Team (SERT) conducted the state’s annual hurricane tabletop exercise on June 5.