Airbnb.org is matching people offering their homes with people who had to leave theirs. As of Oct. 17, the nonprofit says it has found free housing for over 1,500 people from Florida. Another 5,800 have received shelter in hurricane-hit North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.

As Hurricane Milton looks set to wallop the west coast of Florida and recovery efforts are still underway from Hurricane Helene, Airbnb is offering free, temporary housing to people who find themselves displaced by either storm.

A Georgia mum has slammed an Airbnb host on TikTok as "lacking empathy" after they refused to refund their cancelled Florida trip due to the devastating Hurricane Milton

Water did much of Hurricane Milton’s damage in Florida — but unlike Helene just two weeks earlier, it wasn’t just from the record storm surge that swept over Gulf Coast beaches and communities. Milton was a massive rainmaker — overflowing canals,

Shutterstock Photo by Felix Mizioznikov After the destruction caused by Hurricane Milton many were left with damage to their homes and livelihoods. While water damage from floods or debris left from wind storms were expected no one expected the sand.