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As Hurricane Ian prepared to hammer the Gulf coast of Florida in October 2022, Florida Baptist Disaster Relief was already mobilising nine pop-up kitchens in order to prepare meals in south-west Florida for its residents. After the hurricane hit, volunteers set about recovery work as a half million people had no electricity. Some volunteers returned to Florida from Kentucky's mountains, where they had been providing disaster relief to home-owners flooded out by catastrophic storms in late July. The presence of Baptist relief organisations at US climate-related disasters is striking - they can seem as visible on the ground as federal government organisations. Their relief work is inspired by their mission - this is God's love in action. Presenter: Olivia Reevell Producer: Philip Reevell (Photo: A house swept away by flooding in eastern Kentucky. Credit: Philip Reevell)