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Horry County Response

About Our Horry County Response Program

Hurricane Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, NC as a Category 1 Hurricane on Sept 14th, 2018. The low category led to a public impression of a less severe event, but the hurricane was recorded at 350 miles wide and hung over the Carolina’s for days after it made landfall, allowing the storm to dump record-breaking amounts of rain. Rivers and creeks continued to rise as the days went on causing widespread flooding not only in North Carolina but in South Carolina as well.

We’ve decided to assist Horry County, SC in their recovery. Home to numerous rivers, a great deal of the area continues to be underwater 2 weeks after Hurricane Florence made landfall. This community is on the periphery of national attention, and we chose to assist here for this reason.

We are getting to those homes we can currently reach while we all wait on the water to recede across the county.

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Latest Updates

Hubert and Ida Bell – Hurrciane Florence Response Stories

Last fall, Hurricane Florence slowly made its way up the east coast. Weeks after the skies cleared and the television coverage of the storm had passed, residents of the Bucksport... Read More

Work Continues in Horry County, SC

The Horry County Recovery project is underway in South Carolina! We have transitioned from response work to rebuilding homes that were damaged in Hurricane Florence. We worked from October through... Read More

Hurricane Florence – Horry County Response Project Update

NECHAMA continues to assist individuals and families of Horry County, South Carolina after Hurricane Florence caused historic flooding across the state in September. Communities are still dealing with cleanup, and... Read More

Hurricane Florence Program Contacts

Dorothy Maples

Operations Director

[email protected]

507-222-9010

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