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Charleston council adding up storm costs

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Charleston city council members are looking at storm costs.  State officials have asked counties and cities to come up with estimates.

Charleston also opened a number of cooling station, and had city crews out, getting paid overtime, during the storms.

As of Friday, the estimated cost was $250,000, but that number is expected to go up.  Officials say it is going to take several more weeks to complete the cleanup.