Pete Buttigieg unveils his community-focused approach to disaster relief in a South Carolina community hit hard by Hurricane Florence, pledging to reinforce response to weather events that some say are exacerbated by climate change.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg on Tuesday visited a South Carolina city ravaged by hurricanes twice in three years and pledged to improve the government response to disasters as part of an effort to combat storm damage that he says is the result of climate change.
The city of 23,000 residents in northeastern South Carolina sustained record flooding that followed last year's Hurricane Florence. That storm damaged more than 1,500 homes, caused $24 billion in damage and led to 53 deaths in the state. Hurricane Matthew wracked Conway in 2016, causing flooding surpassed only by Florence. A 1,000-year flood also devastated many other parts of South Carolina.
He spent part of the day in Columbia participating in a roundtable with Supermajority, a women's advocacy group headed by former Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards that stopped in South Carolina as part of a cross-country bus tour. Organizers said subsequent stops feature events with other 2020 Democratic candidates, including former Obama Housing Secretary Julián Castro and Sens. Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren.
His planned commission would aim to make it easier for survivors to access funding to help them rebuild, including a permanent block grant program within the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
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