March 20, 2008

COLUMBIA, S.C. --- Joint assessment teams from the South Carolina Emergency Management Agency, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and local government representatives will be surveying damage caused by this past weekend’s storms in South Carolina.

The joint teams from SCEMD, FEMA, and local jurisdictions affected will be in Newberry, Kershaw, Berkeley and Orangeburg Counties beginning this afternoon.

The joint damage assessment teams will be surveying damage in Aiken, Edgefield, Williamsburg and Allendale Counties on Friday.

Newsrooms wishing to get footage of the damage assessment process should contact either Joe Farmer or Derrec Becker at 803-737-8500 to coordinate times and locations.