Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 140 mph on Thursday, September 26. Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee experienced record-breaking amounts of rainfall, heavy winds and tornadoes, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides. International Medical Corps is responding in Florida, George, Tennessee and North Carolina by supporting local health facilities and providing critical supplies.
Hurricane Helene is responsible for at least 90 deaths across six states after slamming into Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 140 mph on Thursday, September 26.1 Florida, Alabama, Georgia, the Carolinas and Tennessee experienced record-breaking amounts of rainfall, heavy winds and tornadoes, causing catastrophic flooding and landslides through the weekend. Millions of customers remain without power from Florida to as far north as Ohio.
International Medical Corps is responding to the impacts of Hurricane Helene across four states: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina and Tennessee. We will work with health networks that support vulnerable populations to make sure that local facilities have everything they need including supplies, staff, water and power. We will also provide additional behavioral health capacity to respond to increased demand.
International Medical Corps has been a responder in the United States and Caribbean since 2005, when we partnered with local community clinics overwhelmed by Hurricane Katrina. In the US, International Medical Corps works with national, state and local partners in the healthcare system to address the challenges that face domestic healthcare services and deploys emergency response teams in response to disasters. We will continue these resilience efforts during and after this response.
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