Several celebrities have donated large sums of money, while other have used their platforms to promote charities
assisting in recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Harvey.
Musk also said in a tweet Friday that Tesla was sending more staff to the U.S. territory to
assist in the recovery efforts.
The press also noted that the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) donated C$ 500,000 as relief aid to earthquake survivors in central Taiwan and that Canada sent a team of civil engineers with expertise in building in earthquake zones, a medical team and others to
assist in the recovery effort.
Cuomo traveled to Puerto Rico on Thursday to
assist in the recovery effort, which he said has been too slow on the federal government's end.
More than 5,000 people have been
assisting in the recovery effort, the majority of them digging out and hauling away the snow, which is started to cause roofs to collapse.
After Harvey made landfall, between Sunday 8/27 and Monday 8/28, United operated three widebody flights into IAH to bring critical supplies and over 100 employees to
assist in recovery efforts.
Army vehicles and at least forty troops have been called in to
assist in the recovery efforts.