The initiative, announced by Gov. Ron DeSantis this weekend, will see state resources deployed to North Carolina to deal with damage from Hurricane Helene, with flooding rains destroying infrastructure and homes and causing communities in the mountains to be in a race against time.

We stand by to do more as we have resources that are not being used for our recovery efforts here in the state of Florida,”the governor said about sending help to North Carolina.

The governor said Florida is sending resources such as more than 100 Starlink satellites, three airboats, an aircraft and search and rescue teams.

More than 110,000 customers in Florida were still without electricity on Monday afternoon while thousands in the Carolinas were desperate for food, water and shelter.

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Despite damage at home, state says it can spare the equipment for the moment Even as post-Helene cleanup continues in Florida, the DeSantis administration is sending state “air assets” and satellite earth stations to areas of North Carolina where the storm caused catastrophic damage that isolated communities.

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