GREENSBORO, N.C. — Un-survivable is how the National Weather Service described Hurricane Laura.
The storm left the Gulf Coast in widespread devastation.
Triad volunteers are there to save lives.
The Greensboro fire department's swift water rescue team arrived in Louisiana, Thursday.
They'll use boats and other equipment to rescue people from flooded homes.
To help destroyed communities, disaster relief organization Samaritans Purse director Bruce Poss said they loaded up trucks in North Carolina and headed to Louisiana.
“We're prepared to do flood recovery and it looks like we're going to be doing some chainsaw work and tarping roofs temporarily,” Poss said.
Four of their volunteers are from the Triad.
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