LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The massive amount of rainfall along with the sheer power of Hurricane Helene has left many stranded and the call for volunteers is growing louder and louder.
Across the southeast, Helene’s destruction covers huge areas, with damaged roads leaving some communities cut off.
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The American Red Cross has had relief teams ready since before Helene made landfall but with the amount of damage that need is getting bigger.
Red Cross officials say tens of thousands of homes have been affected and many people are in need of shelter, water, and food. Greater Arkansas Red Cross Director Lori Arnold-Ellis said they’re in desperate need of volunteers.
“In a lot of ways it looks like a war zone,” Arnold-Ellis described.
Red Cross volunteers like Arkansan Kathy Bates and her husband Danny say they felt the urge to help and are now volunteering in Tallahassee, Florida.
“A lot of them lost everything. We’re on a feeding team. We drove the emergency response vehicle, we picked up food twice a day for lunch and dinner and we’re serving at a shelter.” Bates said. “They had some power outages and stuff but the further down the coastline you go they got some pretty hard-hit areas. There is so much need out there and there’s not enough help.”