“The storm surge was 18 feet high. And it came so fast that they had five feet of water in their house just like that.”
ST. LOUIS — Several more St. Louisans have joined the Hurricane Ian relief efforts in Florida.
The volunteers said the devastation and need continue to grow every day, so much so that many of the people that were on standby have already arrived or have been asked to deploy to Fort Meyers and other parts of southwest Florida.
“The coastlines, the storm surge was 18 feet high. And it came so fast that they had 5 feet of water in their house just like that, like they literally had to swim for their lives,” St. Louis American Red Cross Volunteer Sue Krueger said.
St. Louis Red Cross volunteers said over the last two and a half days, they finished their initial damage assessments in southwest …
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