Catastrophic flooding in Oklahoma and Texas is prompting the Red Cross to send a handful of volunteers from Arizona to the region.
Red Cross spokesperson Trudy Thompson-Rice said 10 volunteers from Arizona have already been deployed to devastated areas because of the threat of tornadoes over the past week. But, Thompson-Rice said, more are on their way after the flash flooding that took at least two lives.
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Marlene and Bob Haynes told 12 News via FaceTime they've been deployed twice before to other disaster areas. The couple said they are prepared to help in this kind of situation.
The pair left from Flagstaff Sunday afternoon. They'll be arriving in Austin, Texas, in a Red Cross emergency response vehicle. They will be a mobile unit to assist those who can't get to a place where they can get help.
"People are displaced; people have lost their homes; people are in shelters. So, we'll just do our best to take food to them or supplies to them any way we can help them," Marlene said.
Red Cross volunteers from Tucson are also being sent to Texas, to help residents that are being affected by flooding.
Volunteers from there are driving Red Cross trucks to Texas to deliver hot meals and cleanup supplies. They will manage shelters and assist wherever they are needed in the area.
Flash flooding across Central Texas brought heavy rainfall and high water to parts of the state during the Memorial Day weekend.
The volunteers are expected to stay in that part of the country for about two weeks.
