Last Friday, Governor Greg Abbott deployed Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) personnel to South Carolina to support Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, following a request from the South Carolina Emergency Management Division.
“As states in the Southeast continue to pick up the pieces following Hurricane Helene, Texas will continue to answer the call to help our fellow Americans recover and rebuild,” said Governor Abbott. “The State of Texas is deploying Texas Parks and Wildlife Department personnel to assist South Carolina in clearing storm debris caused by Hurricane Helene. Cecilia and I continue to pray for the all the impacted families across the country as they begin to move forward from this devastating hurricane.”
Following a request from the South Carolina Emergency Management Division, the Governor directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to deploy Texas state parks staff from TPWD to help clear South Carolina’s state parks of storm debris and damage caused by Hurricane Helene.