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Disaster Assistance: Supplemental Information on Hurricane Hugo in South Carolina

RCED-91-150 Published: May 21, 1991. Publicly Released: Jun 21, 1991.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed: (1) the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) efforts to provide temporary housing assistance to South Carolina victims of the September 1989 Hurricane Hugo; (2) South Carolina counties' emergency management officials' responses to a disaster assistance survey; and (3) cost-sharing arrangements between FEMA and state and local governments to fund public assistance projects in South Carolina.

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Cost sharing (finance)Disaster relief aidEmergency managementstate relationsHurricane HugoHurricanesInteragency relationsPublic assistance programsRelief agenciesReplacement housinglocal relationsStorms