Feeding Tampa Bay saw hundreds of people line up for hours to receive Thanksgiving meals, highlighting the continuing effects of the recent government shutdown.

Tampa Bay 28 Anchor Wendy Ryan reported from the distribution site, where the nonprofit described an ongoing surge in need even after the government reopened.

"Are you still seeing some come by because they still need food, and maybe it's not all coming all at once?" asked Ryan.

"We are, we're seeing folks come into the line that haven't gotten their benefits yet, so of course we're giving them food," said Shannon Hannon Olivero from Feeding Tampa Bay. "There's families that just are in need that are coming through the line as well, and also some of those furloughed workers haven't gotten their full pay yet."

Organizers said th

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