ORLANDO, Fla. — As Central Florida wakes up, many are discovering what their community looks like after Helene as rescue teams pour over the state to help those in need.

What You Need To Know

At a Hilton in Orlando, the search and rescue command center is set up responding to calls throughout the state of Florida.

There are roughly 14,000 responders jumping into action throughout the state, which includes all four Florida teams and six teams from out-of-state.

Usually, this command center is in Tallahassee, but since the storm was projected to hit that area, they moved to Orlando.

“This was a fallback position, in the event that they needed to utilize it. It was safe enough inland to make sure that we can keep operations moving without having to stop to have to move to another location,” said Operations Section Chief Bill Fucci.

Search and rescue teams are focusing on the West Coast of the state and the Big Bend area as these are the areas where they are seeing mostly water-related incidents happening.

Many of these men and women have been working throughout the night and are continuing to work throughout the day. They said they are expecting an uptick as the day progresses.