Americares is on the ground in Florida responding to Hurricane Helene, meeting the health needs in the hardest-hit communities. At the same time, Americares is deploying a response team to North Carolina to support the relief efforts in the western part of the state near the Tennessee border. The teams are ready to deliver medicines and relief supplies and provide emergency funding to support the restoration of health services.

The storm made landfall late Thursday, Sept. 26, in Florida’s Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm with life-threatening flooding, dangerous storm surge and intense winds. The large storm caused extensive damage and power outages from Florida’s Gulf Coast to the North Carolina/Tennessee border, leaving a trail of destruction in its path. Americares has offered assistance to 360 clinic partners across the affected region.