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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) — Local Red Cross chapters and PG&E crews person been giving assistance to everyone affected by the harm from Hurricane Milton this week.
The American Red Cross says much than 80,000 radical sought structure Wednesday nighttime arsenic Hurricane Milton made landfall.
"It's each hands connected platform astatine this moment. And we're seeing an outpouring of enactment from our existent volunteers, from our web of donors and partners who each privation to bash thing to marque a difference," said Taylor Poisall, determination communications manager with the American Red Cross.
Red Cross and PG&E person responders moving astir the timepiece to assistance everyone who has been experiencing devastation from Hurricane Milton.
"Red Cross has much than 2,100 radical who are helping with those hurricane responses. But specifically, determination are 1,000 catastrophe workers conscionable successful Florida," Poisall said.
Poisall says the Red Cross is sending arsenic galore radical arsenic imaginable to connection resources and support.
"Providing meals and supplies to hard-hit areas is conducting harm assessments to recognize the betterment needs and providing wellness and affectional enactment to radical who are navigating the 2nd hurricane," Poisall said.
Jeff Smith, Spokesperson for PG&E says they were readying connected sending crews backmost from Hurricane Helene efforts, but erstwhile they got connection of Hurricane Milton, they were instantly sent to Florida.
"Hundreds of thousands of customers successful Florida without power. And, you know, it's owed to downed powerfulness lines, you know, transformers, neglect transformers and things similar that," Smith said.
Smith says 400 workers from PG&E are working, with a twelve of them from the Central Valley and 300 vehicles.
"We sent arsenic galore crews and instrumentality determination arsenic we did, due to the fact that we cognize however challenging it tin be. In immoderate cases, it's life-changing for radical with lifesaving aesculapian devices and things similar that, not to person power," Smith said.
He besides says crews are moving tirelessly to guarantee powerfulness gets restored.
"This is benignant of thing that each utilities bash to enactment each other. It's benignant of a hallmark of the electrical inferior manufacture where, erstwhile this benignant of earthy catastrophe takes place, that different utilities travel successful to effort and assistance those customers get their powerfulness restored safely and arsenic rapidly arsenic possible," Smith said.
For much accusation connected however to assistance radical affected by the hurricane and donate visit redcross.org
