Samaritan’s Purse expands disaster relief units in Western North Carolina [Video]

MONTHS BEFORE THEY ARE PERMANENTLY RESTORED. AND ONE WEEK AGO TODAY, BOONE BASED ORGANIZATION SAMARITAN’S PURSE DEPLOYED TEAMS TO RESPOND TO HURRICANE HELENE IN THE LAST SEVEN DAYS. THEY SAY MORE THAN 5000 VOLUNTEERS HAVE HELPED SUPPORT VICTIMS IN WESTERN COUNTIES. ALDRIDGE BIESK CHECKED IN WITH THE GROUP AND LEARNED THEY WILL CONTINUE TO SCALE UP THEIR RESPONSE. THE CATASTROPHIC IMAGES OF UNRECOGNIZABLE TOWNS AND DAMAGE REPORTS MAKE DISASTER RELIEF ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SAMARITAN’S PURSE ONCE AGAIN EXPAND ITS EFFORTS. ROADS ARE WASHED. OUT. IT’S HARD TO GET TO THE PEOPLE THAT NEED HELP. THE INFRASTRUCTURE IS DOWN. COMMUNICATION IS DOWN HERE. HOMES HAVE BEEN WASHED AWAY. THE FLOODING, THE RIVERS ROSE SO QUICKLY THAT PEOPLE DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO GET OUT. JODI YODER WITH SAMARITAN’S PURSE, SPEAKING WITH ME FROM ONE OF THEIR DISASTER RELIEF UNITS HERE IN THE ASHEVILLE AREA. THE BUNCOMBE COUNTY AREA, JUST THE LOSS OF LIFE. …