A northeast Kansas man is heading to Houston Texas to offer aid after tornadoes and sever thunderstorms slammed the area over the weekend.

“There’s a lot of flooding, there’s going to be a lot of devastation,” said Greg Borske, a Red Cross Volunteer of Northwest Missouri who lives in Elwood, Kan. “More people out of their homes.”

More than 100 people spent Sunday night in the Red Cross and community shelters in Texas. Red Cross workers are also providing meals, distributing relief supplies and meeting one-on-one with people to assist them in getting the help they need.

Borske said he’s going to make sure Red Cross staff are also taken care of.

“Looking at the well-being of the staff, make sure they don’t overwork themselves,” he said.

Borske first started volunteering with the Red Cross in 2005 after Hurricane Katrina. He’s a Vietnam Vet and said his training has helped him respond in a disaster situation.

“After I got out I wanted to be a nurse and they wouldn’t let me be a nurse,” Borske said. “I became an EMT. I became a nurse at about 38.”

The latest severe weather comes on the heels of flooding which occurred recently in Texas in the aftermath of Hurricane Patricia. The Red Cross has been helping people since the flooding began. That includes opening a total of 24 shelters with more than 650 overnight stays providing more than 7,000 meals and snacks and distributing more than 1,890 relief supplies.

For information on how to volunteer with the Northwest Missouri Chapter of the Red Cross call (816) 232-8439. Donations can be dropped off or mailed to the Northwest Missouri Chapter at 401 N. 12th St. St. Joseph, Mo. 64501.