ST. LOUIS — In the wake of Hurricane Helene, the Missouri Task Force 1 and Red Cross have extended a helping hand.
On Sunday, cleanup and recovery continued from the Category 4 storm that killed at least 64 people across multiple states and left millions without power.
Randy Sanders, task force leader with the Boone County Fire Protection District's Missouri Task Force 1 traveled with a large group from Georgia to North Carolina to assist.
"We're seeing a lot of trees down. There's no power. Very limited infrastructure around where we're at right now, so fuel is very important we just stopped. Filled out tanks up," Sanders said.
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Sanders shared that the crew were prepared for whatever scenario they needed to address.
"We take ten thousand pounds of rescue equipment. There's nothing we can't do when we arrive," he explained.
Ken Barger, a disaster services volunteer for the Red Cross, kept people comforted inside a shelter in Hudson Florida, 30 miles south of Cedar Key where the eye of the storm.
"Most of my clients here in the shelter were rescued out of the water by their homes and all they have is what they have on their backs so it was pretty devastating to the whole county," Barger said.
The Red Cross gets the families safe, feeds them, and houses them right after they are rescued or lose their homes.
"Calm them down just a little bit So of them they just don't have anything and don't know where to go," he said.
The organization also helps families rebuild their lives beyond the natural disaster.
"Other teams from the Red Cross, caseworkers, and others they'll be coming in to help them transition and help them through the recovery process to get where they need to be," Barger shared.
Both Sanders and Barger from the Metro expressed that they were grateful to be able to sacrifice their time with family to be a vessel in this torn community.
"We just want to go down and help. Do the best we can. Get those people back on their feet"
FEMA has already begun to work with families impacted by the storms.
The nation's top disaster agency plans to organize a federal force of over 3,200 personnel to contribute their expertise to the mission.