[Florida] 12,200 miles of roads cleared as thousands contribute to recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene

[Florida] 12,200 miles of roads cleared as thousands contribute to recovery efforts after Hurricane Helene 
CBS-10 Tampa Bay, FL; by Haley Williams; 9/28/24 
As damage assessments continued after Hurricane Helene slammed the Florida coast, thousands of state officials and law enforcement officers quickly began working to clear roads and check in with storm victims in rural areas. More than 12,000 miles of roads have been cleared by more than 800 Florida Department of Transportation crews. ... The Agency for Health Care Administration reports more than a hundred healthcare facilities have been evacuated or are running solely on generator power. Saturday morning, 55 healthcare facilities reported evacuations, which included:

• 27 assisted living facilities
• 18 nursing homes
• 4 hospitals
• 2 residential treatment facilities
• 1 residential treatment center for children and adolescents
• 2 adult family care homes, and 3 intermediate care facilities for developmentally disabled
• 100% of operating long-term care facilities have a generator on-site. The Generator Status Map for long-term care facilities is available here.

Editor's note: This article about healthcare facilities' evacuations was Saturday 9/28/24. For Florida updates, visit FloridaDisaster.org - Division of Emergency Management.