Hurricane Milton

OneBlood sent extra blood to hospitals ahead of Hurricane Milton’s landfall. However, the blood bank says it will need to catch up after many donation centers closed due to the storm.

B. Braun Medical in Florida is one of several IV producers tapped to boost supplies after Baxter International’s North Carolina plant was damaged in Hurricane Helene.

Long-term care facilities in counties where mandatory evacuations have been issued are taking their patients elsewhere, while hospitals are largely on guard, preparing to stay open through the storm.

The statewide blood bank says that blood and platelet donations are urgently needed ahead of Hurricane Milton.