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Hurricane evacuation voucher payments nearly complete
November 28, 2018 — After Hurricane Florence side-swiped Charleston—degrading to a tropical storm by the time it affected the area—Joint Base Charleston had been efficiently evacuated. It was an exercise in emergency management in the face of a possible weather disaster. However, with that hurricane evacuation came the follow-up of reimbursement of travel expenses to all the service members and families who were required to leave the area. Over 3,600 vouchers were turned in for financial reimbursement... MORE

Cameras outside the International Space Station captured a stark and sobering view of Hurricane Florence the morning of Sept. 12, 2018, as it churned across the Atlantic toward the Carolina coastline with winds of 130 miles an hour.