State/FEMA Disaster Centers to Close Temporarily Due to Hurricane Michael

COLUMBIA, S.C. – With Hurricane Michael threatening to produce dangerous conditions across South Carolina, State/FEMA Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) will close temporarily due to poor weather conditions.

DRCs located in Chesterfield, Dillon, Georgetown, Horry, Marion and Marlboro Counties will close at 7 p.m. Wednesday Oct. 10 and will re-open Friday with new hours: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday; closed Sunday.

Help is still available online or by phone. Applicants can check their eligibility and register for federal, state and voluntary agency disaster assistance by:

• Visiting DisasterAssistance.gov;
• Calling 800-621-3362 (TTY: 800-462-7585); or
• Using the FEMA app, available for Apple and Android mobile devices at fema.gov/mobile-app.

For more information on Hurricane Florence and South Carolina recovery, visit the S.C. Emergency Management Division website at scemd.org, on social media (@SCEMD on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram), or FEMA’s Hurricane Florence disaster webpage at www.fema.gov/disaster/4394, or Facebook at www.facebook.com/FEMA, and the FEMA Region 4 Twitter account at twitter.com/FEMARegion4.