Deadly News: Hurricane Debby, which is deadly, is moving up the east coast of the United States….

Hurricane Debby, which is deadly, is moving up the east coast of the United States.

With sustained winds of roughly 80 miles per hour, storm Debby made landfall in Florida’s northern Big Bend region on Monday morning as a Category 1 storm. At least four people have already died as a result of the slow-moving weather event, which has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. It is wreaking havoc on northern Florida and coastal Georgia with torrential rain, powerful gusts, and possibly fatal storm surges.

It is predicted that Tropical Storm Debby will keep moving north across Georgia and on to South Carolina.

Over 150 million clients in the US are tracked by PowerOutage.us, which estimates that 245,000 customers in Florida are without power. Since many life-saving technologies depend on electricity and safety net providers require dependable power to offer patient care during and after emergencies, power is a crucial component of healthcare.
Direct Relief has responded by getting in touch with safety net health centers along the storm’s route as well as national and state disaster response associations.

Hurricane Preparedness Packs, which contain supplies and medications that are most immediately needed following a hurricane, such as treatments for chronic conditions like diabetes and hypertension, have been delivered to eleven health centers that are now within the storm’s predicted cone.

In the last week, 23 healthcare providers in storm-affected Florida counties have received $69k in requested medical aid from Direct Relief. Products include everything from high blood pressure and diabetes medications to infant formula.

Thus far in 2024, Direct Relief has contributed almost $20 million in medical assistance to Florida’s healthcare facilities.