COLUMBUS — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine has activated members of the National Guard to head to Louisiana to help support relief efforts after Hurricane Ida.
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“At the request of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards and the Louisiana National Guard, 250 Ohio National Guard Soldiers will be placed on state active duty beginning on Sept. 8,” a spokesperson for the governor’s office said in a media release.
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The deployment is expected to last about three weeks. Soldiers from the 112th Transportation Battalion in North Canton, the 1485th Transportation Company in Coshocton, and the 1486th Transportation Company in Mansfield will fulfill the deployment.
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Area volunteers with the American Red Cross are continuing to assist in Hurricane Ida relief efforts and other natural disasters across the nation, according to an organizational spokesperson.
“Locally, the Central & Southern Ohio Region currently has approximately 40 volunteers positioned around the country helping those impacted by Hurricane Ida; the wildfires out west; the flash flooding in Tennessee and other disasters,” the spokesperson said.
“Those numbers continue to grow each day as volunteers depart our region to help with disaster relief and recovery.”
A regional Emergency Response Vehicle from Dayton, used to help the Red Cross with food, water, and emergency supply distribution, is already in Louisiana, as well as another one from Columbus. Two more, one from Cincinnati and another from Zanesville will deploy this weekend.