Hurricane Idalia: New Jersey, Pennsylvania Sending Volunteers To Help Recovery Efforts

By Jasmine Payoute, CBS Philadelphia

August 30, 2023

PENNSAUKEN, N.J. (CBS) -- Florida residents will not be alone as they face the effects of Hurricane Idalia. Local volunteers from New Jersey and Pennsylvania are answering the call to help recovery efforts.

While Philadelphia may be a thousand miles away, it's not unusual for crews in the area to heed the call for help.

That's what's happening as the American Red Cross and state search and rescue crews travel to where the storm is happening.

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