A Philly task force dedicated to disaster relief has sent 45 members to Winston-Salem, North Carolina, to assist with Hurricane Helene.
Pennsylvania Task Force 1, a unit sponsored by the Philadelphia Fire Department, deployed a little over half of its members early Thursday morning. In addition to the group headed to North Carolina, another member traveled to Washington, D.C., and two left for Florida, where the Category 4 storm is expected to make landfall Thursday night before traveling north. Hurricanes in Categories 3 and higher are considered major storms. North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency Wednesday due to the expected flooding in the area.
Rachel Cunningham, communications director for the PFD, said the deployed task force members were still awaiting assignments as of Thursday evening. She could not confirm if they had arrived at their destinations…