Danbury Volunteer Joins Team of Florence Relief Responders

DANBURY, CT — A local man will be among the first volunteers heading south with the Red Cross to aid the relief efforts for Hurricane Florence.

Art Hopkins, of Danbury, will work as a shelter supervisor in Columbia, S.C., where the storm may strike as early as Wednesday.

States of emergency have been declared in Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. Even after making landfall, Florence could bring heavy rain all the way to New England.

The Red Cross is preparing to respond and has urged anyone in the path of this hurricane to get ready too. Hopkins will be joining other disaster workers standing by while relief supplies and equipment are being moved into the region. The Red Cross is also working in close collaboration with government officials and community partners to coordinate potential response efforts.

Photo via National Hurricane Center