Hurricane Florence - Sept 23 2018 update per FEMA

Safety & Security: SC: US&R resources staged for potential flooding response support

Food, Water and Shelter:
• NC: 32 (-2) shelters open with 2,463 (-422) occupants
• SC: 13 (-2) shelters open with 203 (-1) occupants
• KY: 1 shelter open with 8 occupants;
TN: shelters have closed

Health and Medical: 41 (+1) confirmed fatalities in NC & SC •
NC: 39 hospitals in affected area; 2 are closed •
SC: All hospitals open in affected area; mandatory evacuation for 1 nursing home and 1 assisted living facility; no unmet needs

Energy: •
NC: 18,444 (-36,788) (less than 1%) total outages reported statewide; largest concentration of customer outages in Brunswick and New Hanover County •
NC: 11.5% (-2.5) of gas stations out-of-service due to lack of fuel and/or power; fuel outages are concentrated in Wilmington and Greenville/New Bern/Washington area; 31% (-4) reporting no fuel

Communications: NC: 15% (-7) of broadband internet service out in impacted counties

Transportation: • NC: Approximately 519 (-130) roads closed, including closures on I-95, I-40 and US70; 10 (+1) of 11 bridges to Barrier Islands re-opened • SC: 151 (-18) road closures; efforts continue to protect critical transportation routes, including US-501 and US-17 into Horry County and communities adjacent to the Waccamaw River

Hazardous Waste: •
NC: 5 hog lagoons have structural damage, 9 are inundated, 34 overtopped; no unmet requirements •
SC: state monitoring coal ash ponds for potential flood threat

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no info on cellsites - no info on blds destroyed - no info on damage FROM hog lagoons and coal ash