Now from Times Square, here's what you need to know.

It is a Monday and it feels good with all its dancing in here.

How you doing, Dr. Daria?

I'm great, how are you?

I'm wonderful. Thank you for asking. We do have some serious things.

We're talking about the recovery after Hurricane Helene. When this kind of thing happens, there's also ripple effects of the storm, which is blood drives are canceled.

So there's a big need for blood right now.

What do we need to know?

Over 2,500 blood drives are canceled.

And that is one of the signs of how a hurricane in one place

can affect us all.

So here's some important information that you need to note regarding blood donations.

Number one, if you can do, your small part regardless of where you are, can help other people

in other communities of need.

One donation can save up to three lives and the most needed blood type is type O, but regardless of what type

you have, you can always provide help, other forms of blood donations for example

plasma platelets these are all important methods and and tools that we use in the

hospital and unfortunately there is no replacement for blood we're talking about

not only traumas in the emergency room,

but also delivering mothers, patients undergoing chemotherapy, patients living with sickle cell

disease. So it's so important if you can, please help. So if I give blood here in New York will it get to those

affected by this hurricane hurricane haleen? Those and more you know we have a

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