On an overcast day in Sumter County, there’s a community center with a huge RV parked outside. FEMA is stenciled across the front of the vehicle and wires hanging out the back are snaking their way inside. The RV provides internet and phone service to the Cherryvale Community Center ,where FEMA has set up their short term Mobile Disaster Recovery Center (DRC). It’s one of the last recovery center’s open in the state before Hurricane Matthew flood victims can no longer apply for FEMA grants or

The October 2015 flood created new cases of homelessness in the Midlands of South Carolina. But despite that increase, the United Way of the Midlands has been able to shrink the number of homeless cases. This accomplishment, in part, is because of a national program called Built For Zero. Built for Zero is coordinated by Community Solutions, the national effort supports participants in developing real time data on homelessness, optimizing local housing resources, tracking progress against

In less than one month, almost 800 individual cases for South Carolina’s October 2015 Storm Recovery Program have been started. The South Carolina Disaster Recovery Office (SCDRO) manages the program and is very close to placing some storm victims in new homes. The state's October 2015 Storm Recovery Program is intended to repair or reconstruct single-family housing and single-family rental units. 22 counties are served through the program. 744 cases have have been started with 209 eligible

Harriet Mealing's trailer home was severely damaged by the flood. Ceilings caved in, holes opened in the floor and mold and mildew ruined most of Harriet's belongings. She sought help from a myriad of flood recovery organizations, but received very little assistance, and she received no financial support from FEMA. Over a year later, Harriet is still living in the same situation, resigned to Clorox her home every week to keep the mold at bay.

More than a year after South Carolina’s historic flood, crisis counselors from the state Department of Mental Health’s Carolina United program continue to find and help flood victims. But hearing the woes of thousands of victims over a long period can have detrimental effects on the counselors as well, sometimes producing stress or depression. But the agency has foreseen that possibility and built into the program help for counselors who can become overwhelmed by the magnitude of suffering they

Tammy Moshier and her twelve-year-old daughter, Laura, were flooded out of their home near Gill's Creek in October 2015. Because their home was elevated six feet, they had assumed they would be safe from flooding, but they were wrong. It was a stranger that escorted the mother-daughter pair from their front porch and carried Laura through shoulder-deep water. They never knew his name. Months later, however, they were able to make contact with him to invite him to a "Gratitude Party," a way to

At the end of a busy strip mall, a line is weaving out the door. The Marion County Administrative Office is home to "Team South Carolina" -- a one-day event striving to connect local flood victims with recovery services. More than ten agencies, government and non-profit are organized at the back offering forms, brochures, and advice. Many here are from Nichols, one of the hardest hit towns by the flood that followed Hurricane Matthew. For most, it's the first step towards long-term recovery.

In September of this year, farmers across the state, who suffered losses during the October 2015 flood and who were approved for the Farm Aid Grant, started receiving checks in the mail. But less than a month later, some of those same farmers were once again assessing damage to their farms, this time from Hurricane Matthew. South Carolina Public Radio’s Thelisha Eaddy reports on how back-to-back natural disasters are impacting local farmers. South Carolina Agriculture Commissioner Hugh Weathers

The South Carolina Disaster Recovery Office (SCDRO) mobile intake centers accept individual applications for housing recovery related to the October 2015 storm. The mobile offices serve three counties a day for one week. Intake Centers alternate locations each week to reach citizens around the state more effectively. RELATED CONTENT: Intake Deadline Nears for 2015 Flood Recovery Mobile intake centers are set up in the following counties or combined county areas: Bamberg, Berkeley, Calhoun,

The South Carolina Disaster Recovery Office (SCDRO) is now helping residents recover from two major natural disasters. In the above picture, Gov. Haley is helping pack supply boxes for victims of Hurricane Matthew and now, residents impacted by the October 2015 flood can submit applications for housing recovery. SCDRO has opened two permanent intake centers. In Williamsburg County residents can go to 318 E. Main Street in Kingstree and in Sumter County, flood victims can go to 725 Broad Street