Dolly Parton announced a personal donation of $1m (£761,660) towards Hurricane Helene relief efforts, declaring it was time for her to “step up again.”The Category 4 storm caused widespread destruction and claimed more than 200 lives including one-month-old twin babies in Thomson, Georgia.Speaking outside a Walmart in her home state of Tennessee on Friday, the 78-year-old explained that the money would come from her own bank account and her local commercial ventures, including Dollywood amusement park – would match the donation to the Mountain Ways Foundation.Walmart had announced an increase in its recovery efforts funding to $10m (£7.6m).
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