A student from Houston was stuck in the Nashville International Airport for several hours trying to get back to college.
Asma Jan said she woke up to texts from her friends of the devastation on the Texas coast. They sent her dozens of photos.
"It's awful," Jan said. "It's unrecognizable. There's no building standing."
Photos: Flooding in Texas, Damage From Harvey
"Knowing all the people are going through so much, and knowing friends and family whose houses are flooded, or their rooftops are missing, you would never think that happens," Jan said.
She's not sure what her home will look like when she gets back.
"Their houses are damaged. They don't have anywhere to stay. The electricity is out. They don't really have anything to make their food with," Jan said.
Every flight to Houston from Nashville was cancelled as William Hobby Airport and George Bush Intercontinental closed following Hurricane Harvey.
"It's all flooded where they are, they can't get out," Jan said. "The highway that goes through, it's all blocked off."
She was waiting at the airport to fly to San Antonio. Then, she will drive to Texas A&M in Corpus Christi where she's in nursing school.
"Rockport is really bad, Corpus is all flooded, Houston's all flooded, and there's tornadoes," Jan said. "And it's right close to where my family is."
As Jan waited for her flight home, a disaster relief group was packing and planning.
"Bug spray, paper towels, toilet paper, the big thing is to be loose, to be flexible," Steve LaForge said.
Deb and Steve LaForge have planned to spend their ten-year anniversary helping hurricane victims in the Houston area with Hope Force International.
"All we try to do is open up the door of light, they're feeling very hopeless," LaForge said.
Hope Force International has planned to leave Thursday with supplies and volunteers.
Organizers have been in desperate need of more people like Deb and Steve.
"We are going to need volunteers to come and carry wheelbarrow loads of yuck and muck out of homes. Wet soggy installation, wet soggy drywall," Joey Stoltzfus said.
As the water subsides, Texans like Jan will be left with the task of re-building.
"I think people could use any help they can get right now," Jan said.
If you would like to volunteer with Hope Force, they have training scheduled in September. You can learn more information here.
NewsChannel 5 has partnered with the Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee to help victims in Texas. Learn how to donate here.
