Trevor Riggen visits Florida communities after Hurricane Milton

Right now, the American Red Cross is helping and supporting people across the Southeast living with the heartbreaking destruction from Hurricanes Milton and Helene and, with our partners, we’ll be helping for weeks and months to come.
Some 2,100 Red Crossers, alongside our partners, are providing food, shelter and a shoulder to lean on in Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee.
In Florida, several disaster kitchens are ready to produce tens of thousands of hot meals a day and dozens of emergency response vehicles are on the roads providing meals, water and supplies to those struggling to clean up their homes. In North Carolina, more than 60 emergency response vehicles are delivering meals and relief supplies where possible. Depending on the damage, different areas have unique needs and we’re working with partners to deliver things like laundry and shower trailers, cooking stoves, even spark plugs to keep generators going and machinery running to support cleanup.
With the help of partners, we have provided more than 770,000 meals and snacks, and some 58,000 relief items like cleaning and hygiene supplies for thousands of affected families. Disaster health volunteers are caring for minor injuries and replacing things like eyeglasses and medications and mental health volunteers are providing comfort to those affected.
Almost 3,900 people spent Sunday night in emergency shelters across the affected states. If you need a safe place to stay visit redcross.org, download the free Red Cross Emergency app or call 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767). People don’t have to stay overnight to access Red Cross services.
Red Cross shelters are open to everyone in need, regardless of race, ethnicity, age, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, ability or citizenship status. All disaster assistance is free. We don’t require people to show any kind of identification to enter a shelter - just their name and where they were living before the disaster.
Learn more at redcross.org