Red Cross of North Carolina mobilizes to help Hurricane Helene relief efforts

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WNCT) — As Hurricane Helene heads towards Florida, the American Red Cross is working closely with partners and officials across Florida and Georgia to finalize response plans and urge people to make their preparations now.

The Red Cross has hundreds of disaster workers and volunteers not only in Florida and Georgia, but Western North Carolina, as well. Of those hundreds of volunteers, seven are from North Carolina.

“The big thing we’re trying to do is make sure that we are communicating with our emergency managers in all of the impacted counties. We know that this is going to be a significant rain event, but it’s also going to bring the possibility of tornadoes,” Assistant Director for External Relations for the Carolinas Response to Helene James Jarvis said. “We’ve already had some that have touched down. So, working very closely with all of our emergency management partners to make sure that we can support their needs and make sure the people that they need safe, reliable shelter ahead of this storm, that we can offer that for them.”

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