HONOLULU — A total of 50 volunteers from Hawai‘i are on standby to deploy to the Gulf Coast to assist in the American Red Cross Isaac relief operation, according to a news release from the American Red Cross. Up to
HONOLULU — A total of 50 volunteers from Hawai‘i are on standby to deploy to the Gulf Coast to assist in the American Red Cross Isaac relief operation, according to a news release from the American Red Cross.
Up to 10 Hawai‘i Red Cross volunteers from O‘ahu and Maui may be deployed to pre-position in Texas, while most will be assigned to work at emergency shelters.
Across multiple states along the Gulf, the Red Cross has launched a large disaster response as Isaac affects millions of lives with strong winds, heavy rain, flooding and coastal surges.
• Monday night, nearly 800 people stayed in 52 shelters in five states, and more shelters could open today.
• About 2,400 trained Red Cross disaster workers from all over the United States have deployed to Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas to help.
• Across the Gulf Coast, 187 Red Cross emergency response vehicles are poised to serve meals and distribute relief items once it’s safe to do so.
• Red Cross has pre-positioned 290,000 ready-to-eat meals and several kitchen support trailers into the area.
• The Red Cross has trailers of relief supplies already pre-positioned in the area and have sent thousands of additional supplies like clean up and personal hygiene items, cots, blankets, coolers, shovels, rakes, tarps, gloves and masks.
Hawai‘i residents with family in the path of Isaac should encourage them to stay informed about the storm and leave the area if authorities direct them to do so.
