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Senator urges unified response after lake breach; says prior FEMA application was denied
Summary
State Sen. Jerry Long told Marlboro County officials a prior FEMA request tied to a lake breach was denied and urged a team of local, county and state officials to pursue repairs and resources; council and city leaders said they will coordinate updates and repairs after the storm.
Senator Jerry Long addressed Marlboro County Council during the emergency meeting and urged a united local, county and state response to repair a breach at a local lake. Long said a prior FEMA grant application for the issue — "dollars about 12,000,000" — was declined and called for a team of officials to pursue remedies and funding.
Long described the breach at the lake and the downstream impacts that followed: "We watched that water come in and start going down…
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