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As residents of the Carolinas and surrounding southern states deal with and continue to prepare for Hurricane Dorian, the American Red Cross has mobilized more than 1,900 trained disaster response workers, including 18 from Northeast Ohio. 

As part of their efforts, the Red Cross has deployed 110 Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs), two of which are from Northeast Ohio, and more than 100 tractor trailers packed with relief supplies, including cots, blankets, and 63,000 ready-to-eat meals. 

According to a press release from the Red Cross of Northeast Ohio, on Monday night alone, more than 12,200 people utilized 171 Red Cross and community evacuation shelters in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. "What we're trying to do is make sure that people have a safe place to stay," says Jim McIntyre, Communications and Marketing Director for the American Red Cross, Northeast Ohio Region. Estimates are that as many as 60,000 residents across Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas could be impacted by Dorian, that just finished ravishing the Bahamas, leaving at least twenty dead in its path of destruction. 

Find out how you can help those impacted by Hurricane Dorian by visiting RedCross.org, calling 1-800-RED CROSS, or texting "DORIAN" to 90999. 

A couple from Summit County was killed in a car accident in Florida.

Authorities and local media report three people, including two from Twinsburg died after a crash on Thursday in southwest Florida.

The Floida Highway Patrol says 67 year-old Diane Kiffner was traveling northbound on I-75 in Manatee County when a tow truck came into her lane and sideswiped her, causing her car to spin and ultimately overturn.

Two passengers, 68-year old Leonard May and 65 year-old Lana May both from Twinsburg, died at the scene according to investigators. Kiffner later died at  the hospital.

Authorities say the driver of the tow truck sustained only minor injuries.