President Obama signs South Carolina emergency declaration

President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration for the US state of South Carolina The president’s action authorizes the Department of Homeland Security, Federal Emergency Management Agency to coordinate all disaster relief efforts, according to the White House. Hurricane Matthew is nearing Florida, where it threatens to hammer the peninsula’s east coast with tornadoes, wicked winds and heavy rain. in anticipation of Hurricane Matthew making landfall in the United States on Thursday night, the White House said in a press release.