Boone-based nonprofit Samaritan's Purse helping with Idalia relief

Clean up continues after Hurricane Idalia made landfall earlier this week, destroying homes and leaving communities littered in debris.

Idalia touched down in Florida's big bend region Wednesday morning as a category 3 hurricane, killing at least three people before battering other states on the east coast.

A Boone-based nonprofit has joined those helping with relief efforts.

For more than 50 years, Samaritan's Purse has worked to support the needs of families.

Now, the faith-based nonprofit is in Florida to lend a hand, after Hurricane Idalia left devastation in its path.

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