Oklahoma volunteers head to Kentucky to help those impacted by flooding
Deadly flooding and severe weather swept through the area.
Deadly flooding and severe weather swept through the area.
Deadly flooding and severe weather swept through the area.
Volunteers from Oklahoma are heading to Kentucky to help those impacted by severe flooding.
Deadly flooding and severe weather swept through the area.
"So, we've got about 430 trained red cross disaster workers on the ground in eastern Kentucky right now," said Matt Trotter, American Red Cross.
Hundreds of Red Cross workers are on the ground in eastern Kentucky.
"Those folks are helping provide a safe place for people to stay, they're finding them food to eat, finding critical relief supplies and offering emotional support," Trotter said.
Four of those 430 volunteers are from Oklahoma. Two of them were deployed right when the disaster hit and two more just traveled there on Tuesday, completing their first full day of helping on Wednesday.
Oklahomans are all too familiar with this type of tragedy.
"Of course, here in Oklahoma, the Red Cross helps out with a variety of disasters, including just this year. We've already responded to a couple of tornado events. We've responded to a flooding event in the Muskogee area," Trotter said.
Which the Red Cross said gives Oklahomans the right experience for the job.
"Our disaster staff and volunteers have a lot of experience on the sorts of operations going on in Kentucky right now," Trotter said.
The volunteers will continue to help as long as they’re needed. In the last week, the Red Cross said they’ve helped coordinate more than 3,000 overnight stays for people who now have nowhere else to go.
They’ve also helped provide 24,000 meals and snacks.