Central Florida volunteers head to Texas, Louisiana to help during Hurricane Laura
ORLANDO, Fla. โ Kathy Burkett and Sammy Conneen are volunteers with the American Red Cross of Central Florida. On Tuesday, the two got on a plane to Texas to help ahead of Hurricane Laura. The National Hurricane Center expects Hurricane Laura to strengthen into a major hurricane before it reaches landfall between Texas and Louisiana. [LIVE TRACK: Turbocharging Laura could strike US as Category 3 hurricane]Conneen, who's been volunteering for six years, said she's been in Texas for other natural disasters. โI know that if it was us theyโd be coming to help us so itโs our turn to help them,โ Conneen said.