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Alabama transportation, public health teams sent to hurricane relief efforts

Alabama departments of transportation and public health employees were sent recently to aid in hurricane cleanup efforts in Florida and North Carolina, Gov. Kay Ivey said. 

“As many of our neighboring states continue recovering from Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Alabama is stepping up to offer our help in any way we can,” Ivey said in a written statement. “Alabama is a state where neighbors help neighbors in our own times of need, and we are proud to do exactly that for the states impacted by these merciless storms.”

The transportation department sent an 18-person crew from its West Central Region in Fayette to help clear Florida roads for up to 10 days. Additional crews could be sent later to continue the Hurricane Milton cleanup efforts.

The Alabama Department of Public Health sent a nine-person support team to North Carolina following Hurricane Helene. They’re assisting in support efforts in mass care shelters and providing nursing services and other assistance, Ivey’s office said. 

Ivey had previously deployed a 57-person Type III Urban Search and Rescue Task Force to Florida and activated Alabama National Guard soldiers to assist with the Hurricane Helene response in North Carolina.

More than two weeks after Hurricane Helene, thousands remain without power in the Carolinas. About 23,500 of the 1.5 million customers that lost power in western North Carolina still lacked electricity on Sunday, The Associated Press reported. 

Meanwhile, fuel shortages in Florida were hampering Hurricane Milton cleanup efforts over the weekend.

 

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