US forestry officials have totted up the cost of the ice storms that paralysed some areas of South Carolina at the end of last year. The storms caused more than US$95m of damage to the state’s timber industry and 90% of the trees downed by the ice are unsalvageable and will be left in the woods to rot.
Fifteen counties saw significant timber damage and hardest hit was Clarendon county which reported more than US$19.5m in timber losses.
