The East Coast is suffering from coastal flooding as a result of Hurricane Joaquin and pressure systems that combined to form a major storm resulting in devastating flood conditions. In response to this storm, we have collected resources that will be helpful to those in impacted areas in this time of need:

South Carolina

Social Media

Hashtags to follow
- #Joaquin
- #HistoricFlooding
- #HurricaneJoaquin
- #scflood
Facebook pages to follow for information, news and resources
Twitter accounts to follow for information, news and resources
- @abc_columbia
- @ABCNews4
- @BerkeleySCGov
- @CharlestonPD
- @clarendonfire
- Columbia Fire Department - @ColaFire
- @ColumbiaPDSC
- @DorchesterCoEMD
- @IrmoFire
- Lexington Sherriff - @LCSD_News
- @NWSColumbia
- @RedCrossSC
- @RichlandSC
- @SCDOTPress
- @SCEMD
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control - @scdhec
- @WLTX

Websites

Phone Numbers

American Red Cross of Central South Carolina: 800.435.7669
Feeding America: 800.771.2303
Harvest Hope Food Bank: 803.254.4432
Lutheran Disaster Response: 800.638.3522
Presbyterian Disaster Assistance: 800.872.3283
Salvation Army: 800.725.2769
SCDOT Road Conditions: 855.467.2368 (8am-7pm)
Southern Baptist Convention/Disaster Relief: 800.462.8657
United Methodist Committee on Relief: 800.554.8583
United Way of America: 800.272.4630
United Way of South Carolina: 803.929.1000
Volunteer Information for Charleston County: 843.764.2323 x321
Volunteer Information for Columbia County: 803.508.5251
Volunteer Information for Myrtle Beach: 843.764.2323 x321
Volunteer Information for Upstate: 864.270.9575

Shelters by County - click on any of the following links to go directly to its location on Google Maps

Berkeley County
- Berkeley Middle School in Moncks Corner
- Cainhoy Elementary/Middle School, 2434 Cainhoy Road in Huger
- West View Middle School, 101 Westview Blvd in Goose Creek
Charleston
- Al Cannon Detention Center Work Camp Facility, 3841 Leeds Ave. in Charleston
- Creekside Lands Inn, 2545 Savannah Highway in West Ashley
- Stall High School, 3625 Ashley Phosphate Rd. in North Charleston
- United Methodist Church, 1125 E. Montague Ave. in North Charleston
Dorchester
- Summerville High School, 1101 Boonehill Rd. in Summerville
Georgetown
- B. Buck Education Center on 2030 Church St.
Horry
- Risen Christ Lutheran Church, 10595 North Kings Highway in Myrtle Beach
- Beach Church, 557 George Bishop Parkway
- Conway Recreation Center, Mill Pond Road between Hwy. 378 and Hwy. 501
Lexington
- Lexington Leisure Center, 108 Park Rd. in Lexington
- 7 Oaks Complex, 200 Leisure Lane in Irmo
Orangeburg
- Bethune-Bowman Middle High School, 4857 Charleston Hwy in Rowesville
Richland
- AC Flora High School, 1 Falcon Drive in Columbia
- Andrews Baptist Church, 230 Bush River Rd in Columbia
Williamsburg
- Hemingway High School, 400 South Main Street in Hemingway
- Kingstree Senior High School, 601 Martin Luther King, Jr., Blvd. in Kingstree
- Williamsburg Center, 2086 Thurgood Marshall in Kingstree
- Williamsburg County Recreational Department, 2084 Thurgood Marshall Blvd., in Kingstree

Charity/Donations

American Red Cross
- Contributions may also be sent to the American Red Cross of Lowcountry SC, 2424 City Hall Lane, North Charleston, S.C. 29406
Salvation Army – visit online or text STORM to 51555