Check out the latest update on how we are serving communities affected by severe floods and tornadoes in Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Tennessee.
Video: Spring Floods and Tornadoes
May 12, 2010
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 12, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Oklahoma since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 59
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 6,247
- Clean up kits: 17,450
- Comfort kits: 10,112
- Meals served: 116,119
- Snacks served: 113,031
- Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 99
- Mental Health Consultations: 4,547
- Health Services Consultations: 4,691
- Total Red Cross Workers: 3,154 (2,866 volunteers)
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Story: Twisters leave Destruction Across Oklahoma
May 12, 2010This story is written by Anita Foster, spokesperson from the Red Cross Dallas Area Chapter. She is currently deployed to Oklahoma to assist in disaster recovery efforts.
Over the years, I’ve seen tornado damage more times than I can count. But I will say this. You never get used to seeing peoples lives literally blown apart.
We spent the day yesterday in an area called Choctaw. You could tell that the neighborhood was tight-knit right away, and that they were all in a state of shock.
One woman was in her driveway when we approached. Her husband, an active duty Air Force member home on leave, was in the hospital recovering from his injuries. She told how he had survived several tours of duty in Iraq, but got injured in his own home due to a tornado.
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Press Release: Red Cross Launches Relief Efforts for Oklahoma Tornado
May 11, 2010
Red Cross Launches Relief Efforts for Oklahoma Tornado
Responses Ongoing in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama
WASHINGTON, Tuesday, May 11, 2010 – From the plains of the Midwest to the deep south, the American Red Cross is providing a safe place to stay and relief supplies for thousands of people displaced by tornadoes and floods. Even as relief operations continue full force in Tennessee, Kentucky, Mississippi, Arkansas and Alabama, the Red Cross has opened shelters in Oklahoma after last night’s tornadoes.
“These storms have left thousands across the country without homes; without any belongings,” said Joe Becker, Senior Vice President for Red Cross Disaster Services. “Our disaster teams are in the Midwest and across the South, and will be there for as long as it takes to help people get back on their feet.”
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Photos: Arkansas Tornadoes
May 9, 2010
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Video: Assisting the Southern States
May 7, 2010Many states across the southern U.S. have suffered damage brought on by severe storms, tornadoes and flooding. Check out how your Red Cross is helping those affected – by the numbers.
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Fast Facts: Spring Storms Response
May 7, 2010
The following information shows our total service delivery across Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, and Tennessee since the beginning of the severe weather events in April:
- Shelters opened: 50
- Shelter Overnight Stays: 3,829
- Clean up kits: 4,573
- Comfort kits: 4,743
- Meals served: 54,460
- Snacks served: 57,705
- Emergency Response Vehicles on the ground: 67
- Mental Health Consultations: 2,182
- Health Services Consultations: 1,492
- Total Red Cross Workers: 1,471 (1,291 volunteers)
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Photos: Tornado in Mississippi
May 7, 2010
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Press Release: American Red Cross Responds to Area Tornado and Severe Weather Threats in Northeast Wisconsin
May 5, 2010
American Red Cross Responds to Area Tornado and Severe Weather Threats in Northeast Wisconsin
Oshkosh, WI – At approximately 7:10pm Tuesday, May 4 a Tornado Warning was issued for Winnebago County in East Central WI. The American Red Cross Northeast Wisconsin Region went into action by doing a call down of Winnebago County Disaster Team Volunteers to be on alert and a shelter team was put on standby.
Calls where made to surrounding Red Cross personnel in Neenah/Menasha, Fond Du Lac and Green Bay in case additional assistance was needed.
According to the Winnebago County Office of Emergency Management approximately 15 properties in the towns of Clayton, Winchester and Wolf River have been damaged. One home in the Town of Clayton has sustained damage to its roof.
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Press Release: American Red Cross Responds to Historic Southern Floods
May 4, 2010
People can send a $10 donation to help those affected by disasters across the country by texting ‘REDCROSS’ to 90999
WASHINGTON, Monday, May 3, 2010—The American Red Cross has opened more than two dozen shelters in response to a powerful weather system that generated tornadoes and caused severe flooding across the South.
As of Monday morning, the Red Cross and its partners had 28 shelters open across the South, including Mississippi, Kentucky and Tennessee. Tennessee was particularly hard hit, with some areas in the state receiving as much as a foot of rain, leading to numerous road closures and forcing evacuations. Nearly 1,000 Tennesseans stayed at a shelter on Sunday night.
“We’re just at the beginning of this relief operation, and until the water begins to recede we won’t know just how much damage has occurred,” said Joe Becker, senior vice president of disaster services at the Red Cross. “Right now we’re focused on providing meals and a safe place to stay, but the Red Cross will be there for the long haul to help people get back on their feet.”
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