Vermonters aid southern US states as Milton looms over Florida [Video]

As Hurricane Milton closes in on Florida, Vermont residents are on their way to help Tuesday. Vermont Red Cross says four volunteers will be heading down south. Two have already landed in Georgia, where they will receive their assignments. “A lot of our Vermont volunteers have personal experience from the flooding that we’ve had in our own home state over the past two years. They know what it’s like to have disasters hit their home state,” Dan Dowling with the Vermont Red Cross said. Debbie Boyle from Brandon has already flown to Georgia. Her husband Dan said this is her first time being deployed.”She’s a pretty selfless woman and tries to help others in various ways. And she’s, like I said, she’s been involved in medical-related volunteer stuff for a long time,” Dan said. Rich Stancliff is another volunteer who will be flying to Georgia from Boston on Wednesday. Stancliff …