Global & Disaster Medicine

Hurricane Matthew: Officials in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina say they’re citing several businesses with price gouging. SC is still investigating.

Post and Courier

“…..At least four people alerted the S.C. Attorney General’s Office Twitter account of potential price gouging at the Red Roof Inn-Santee near Orangeburg, the newspapers’ review found. Their tweets included photos of room rates ranging from $522 to $530….In the days leading up to the hurricane when evacuees flooded the Gulf Coast, Red Roof Inn-Clearwater raised room rates by 80 percent and up to 200 percent, with some guests being charged $140 more than the average nightly rate, according to a news release from the Office of Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi. …….”


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