Pasco County, Florida
Florida Hurricanes Helene and Milton Relief
September 2024
All Hands & Hearts (AH&H) is supporting recovery in Pasco County, Florida, after Hurricanes Helene and Milton with cleanup, rebuilding, and community-led disaster relief.
Urgent need for volunteers
Disaster Profile
Back-to-back hurricanes battered Florida’s central coast in September 2024.
Hurricane Helene made historic landfall as a Category 4 storm, the strongest to hit Florida’s Big Bend, bringing winds exceeding 140 mph, a deadly storm surge, and flooding that knocked out power for over four million people across five states. Less than two weeks later, Hurricane Milton became the fastest-intensifying Category 5 storm on record, striking Siesta Key and triggering tornadoes and flash floods across already saturated ground. The back-to-back storms caused widespread destruction and severely strained response efforts in Floridian areas still recovering from the heavy hurricane season.
Our Response
AH&H was the first relief organization operating on the ground in Pasco County after Hurricane Helene made devastating landfall in the region.
1,100+
Individuals impacted
90+
Homes and businesses mucked and gutted
150+
Residences made safe again
In our initial response to Helene in Florida, our work focused on assessing homes for cleanup and providing urgent debris removal and muck and guts for impacted communities. After evacuating ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall, AH&H quickly redeployed to Pasco County, doubling down on their efforts in responding to back-to-back hurricanes.
Our teams are restoring flood-damaged homes through mold sanitation, structural repairs, and muck-and-gut efforts where water and mud reached up to five feet high. Removing waterlogged materials in homes is essential in helping homeowners begin to rebuild healthy, disaster-resilient living spaces. Even months after the initial crisis, we remain committed to supporting each step of the recovery process through the long term.
