Flooding Emergency: how you can help

“People can help by making a monetary donation to the Red Cross”. “NC HART has rescued more than 70 people in its 10 years”, said Col. Brian Pierce, NCNG state aviation officer. More supplies and disaster relief workers are ready if needed.

“Need to go down and see what needs to be done”, Shelton said. She says gratitude does not capture the full scope of her feeling when she reached the shelter in Summerville with her children. “We have enough volunteers to support our operation at this time, but there are other ways people can help through donations or giving blood”.

“They’re always very thankful when we get down here and that’s why we come down here”. The past weekend is “just the beginning of a long process for many people”.

FEMA is the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the arm of the federal Homeland Security Department that deals with assessing and leading the rebuilding effort in wake of national disasters on USA soil.

Trish Burnett with the Red Cross said volunteers from central Illinois are helping with the relief effort. “Those people down there are so much worse off than you could even think about being”.

In response to the historic and unprecedented flooding in the southeastern United States, the American Red Cross is providing safe shelter and support across the Carolinas where the flooding has destroyed homes, forced evacuations and left thousands without water or power.

A local Red Cross official said Robertson was selected because of an urgent need for disaster nurses.