As Hurricane Harvey’s rains and 100 mph winds dissipate from the east Texas region, business and homeowners return to survey the damage wrought by the storm.

CNN reported that between $25 billion and $37 billion worth of flood loss has hit homes across southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana. Only about $6.5 billion to $9.5 billion of those costs are expected to be covered by insurers.

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As people begin to rebuild, others that have suffered from similar tragedies or assisted in disaster relief in the past are stepping up to assist those victims of Hurricane Harvey.

“It will be a couple days before people can fully move back in some areas,” said Noel Debose, a Katrina survivor who lost his New Orleans home in the 2005 flooding. “But there’s a lot people can do physically beyond the monetary aid.”

Debose said that one of the most beneficial things people can do to assist in the relief effort is not only donating financially to the one of the many charities involved with cleanup, but also physically making your way to east Texas and helping with the rebuild.

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“There’s so much work that needs to be done with the rebuilding and construction down there,” said Debose.

And if donating fiscally or physically flying out to particular sites is not within your purview, Dianne Green, co-founder of the Santa Clarita Disaster Coalition — a local nonprofit which has assisted not only Debose, but many others like him and his family following a natural disaster — stated that people can help with pets and animals that saw their homes flooded.

“There are shelters in Atlanta, Georgia, Chicago, Illinois, Iowa, New Jersey, Minnesota, New Orleans, Louisiana, Seattle, Washington, Washington D.C. and Northern California that are taking in displaced animals due to Hurricane Harvey,” said Green. “If residents want to donate to Wings of Rescue, they are flying hundreds of animals to shelters across the country.”

Other pet-minded organizations Green suggested include: Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Texas; Austin Pets Alive; Greater Good; and The American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

“Residents of (Santa Clarita) can probably foster or foster-to-adopt if they contact a shelter through one of these organizations,” said Green.

As a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, all donations made to the Santa Clarita Disaster Coalition are tax deductible. Check donations can be mailed or dropped off at KHTS AM-1220, located at 24320 Main Street in Newhall.

“In the memo section, just put ‘Hurricane Harvey,’ and we’re going to make sure that that money is put to really good use,” Green said. “100 percent of the money that we receive, whichever way we determine to be the most effective way we can help, will go to (Harvey relief efforts).”

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