GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – The American Red Cross had hundreds of disaster workers helping to provide assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene.
Micheal Bridges, owner of Mud Brothers Masonry, said that he has been helping his community in Mauldin recover from after Helene.
“It’s truly devastating people have lost their homes, cars, people have not been able to go to work, I have seen some people not being able to come out of their driveways,” Bridges said.
It has been over a week since Helene left a trail of devastation and destruction across the upstate and western North Carolina, but the cleanup and recovery efforts in the region are far from over.
Bridges said he has been working nonstop since the storm.
“We have been working every day since the storm passed. Sometimes it has been 10-to-14-hour days,” Bridges added. “We are pulling trees off of houses, off of cars, off of structures, off of buildings my phone has been going crazy.”
The American Red Cross told 7NEWS there are more than 1,900 Red Cross responders on the ground, providing support to the thousands of families forced out of their homes.