IMPORTANT CONTACTS
Local & Nearby County Information: Beaufort County:
- Website: www.co.beaufort.sc.us/
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/beaufortcountysc/
- Twitter: @bftcountysc
Road Closures/Weather
- 511sc.org or sign up for email and text alerts at My511SC
- SC Department of Transportation - Lowcountry: @SCDOTLowCountry
- National Weather Service Twitter: @NWSCharlestonSC
- National Hurricane Center - Atlantic Division: @NHC_Atlantic
Government Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Twitter: @FEMA
- Register Damages: www.disasterassistance.gov
- Phone: 800-621-FEMA (3362)
South Carolina Emergency Management Division
- Website: https://www.scemd.org/
- Twitter: @SCEMD
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/SCEMD
- Beaufort County Emergency Management:
- Phone: 843-255-4000
- Website: www.bcso.net/emergency-management-division
- Twitter: @BCSOTraffic
U.S. Small Business Administration
- Disaster Customer Service Center: 800-659-2955
Other Services Pet Rescue
Electric and Water Companies
- SCE&G
- Power Outage: 888-333-4465
- Gas Leak: 800-815-0083
- Santee Cooper
- Main: 843-761-8000
- Outage Reporting: 888-239-2300
- Palmetto Electric Co-op: 866-445-5551
- Beaufort Jasper Water and Sewer Authority
- Beaufort: 843-987-9200
- Bluffton: 843-707-0017
- After-hours emergency: 843-987-9200
Telephone and Internet Companies
- Hargray: 877-HARGRAY (1-877-427-4729)
- CenturyLink: 866-706-8592
- Verizon: 800-922-0204
- Home Telecom: 888-746-4482
- Spectrum: 877-892-8477
- Comcast: 800-934-6489
- AT&T Uverse Voice Service: 800-288-2020
- Dish Network: 877-653-0020
- Charter: 855-821-0579
- Cox: 855-821-0520
Transportation, Shelter, and Community Assistance
- Palmetto Breeze: 843-757-5782
- HELP of Beaufort: 843-524-1223
Other Emergency Preparedness Twitter Handles to Follow
- South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control: @scdhec
- Red Cross: @RedCrossSC
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): @CDCemergency