Overview
- Two evacuation flights organized by the Tampa-based nonprofit carried roughly 170 passengers each late Friday and early Saturday into Tampa.
- WFLA reports more than 300 American evacuees have arrived in Tampa from Jamaica following the storm.
- Tampa CARES and partner groups are collecting canned food, hygiene items and other essentials for shipment, with donations accepted at the Jerk Hut on E. Fowler Rd.
- Grey Bull Rescue and One Mission are teaming up and redeploying hurricane supplies originally stockpiled for Florida, while asking for additional donations to fill gaps.
- Grey Bull says it is also sending a trailer of community-donated aid to Jamaica, with Genesis of Tampa serving as a drop-off location for contributions.