The government ordered millions of residents in the southeastern U.S to vacate their places due to the dangerous hurricane have approached the city. The home sharing platform, Airbnb has decided to help the people whose houses were affected by the dangerous storm.
Hurricane Matthew moved to Florida’ east cost before affecting the regions of Georgia and South California. Though the storm has weekend, the impacts it created takes days to recover and it has left millions of people without power.
The storm has threatened the lives of millions of people who live I and around the coastline. So, Airbnb has decided to implement its disaster response program, which allows the volunteers …show more content…
Radio France international said that, Haiti does not have the capability to meet the large scale disaster. Only 576 shelters were created all over the country, in which 90,000 people can stay in those shelters.
The storm warning was raised in Dominance Republic, Cuba, Bahamas and United States.
In US
The two states, Florida and North Carolina were declared a state of emergency. Both the state governors requested the people living along the coasts to move to the city. The governor of Georgia also requested the people to be safe, and to be aware of the arriving of the Mathews.
Steps taken by Airbnb
Airbnb has opened its disaster response program for the people of South California and Florida. They have planned to save the maximum number of people as they can. About two million people were suffering in these two states due to hurricane Matthew.
At the beginning of this stage, about two dozens of Airbnb properties were provided to make the people stay in their spaces, all the spaces were provided for free of cost. This is one of the best activities taken by Airbnb.
Airbnb provides the opportunity to make use of the disaster response program at the times of need. The company is taking steps to collaborate with agencies like FEMA across the