Hurricane Irma made landfall on Floridas southern islands yesterday and claimed four lives as millions of people, including thousands of Indian-Americans, evacuated the state. About 120,000 Indian-Americans live in Florida, thousands of them residing in the now-dangerous zones of Miami, Fort Laura deal and even Tampa, according to 2010 census. While a large number of Indian-Americans stayed inside Florida, several thousands drove out of the state and reached out to their community members in nearby Atlanta. In the forefront in assisting the people affected by hurricane Irma, American Telugu Association have made accommodation and food arrangements for more than 600 people in the entire Metro Atlanta area. Indian-Americans in and around Atlanta opened up their homes for the Florida evacuees and prepared extra meals for them.

Source: India Today September 11, 2017 06:06 UTC