Disaster Alert
Colorado – A wildfire in Boulder County burned thousands of acres, damaged or destroyed multiple structures and caused thousands of residents within the affected area to evacuate on Monday.
The Mile High chapter deployed a Disaster Action Team, opened a shelter, provided Mass Care for shelter residents and issued canteen services to hundreds of affectedarea residents and emergency responders.
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YAPHANK, N.Y., Sept. 3, 2010 – Governor David A. Paterson thanked American Red Cross volunteers Friday afternoon for their efforts to prepare Long Island for Hurricane Earl’s approach. At a press conference in the agency’s operations center, Paterson praised them,
“Not just for their response to this disaster but for all the months of work and training and preparedness that make it easy.”
The response on Long Island is being led by Robert Imbornoni, the chief response officer for the Metropolitan New York Chapters. Imbornoni credited the success of the effort to years of hard work and coordination between the local chapters. The disaster relief operation headquarters was established adjacent to the Suffolk County Chapter’s offices. Volunteers from throughout the region—Suffolk, Nassau County, and Greater New York—are leading the response with some volunteers coming from as far as Chicago.
And though most of Long Island seems to have dodged a bullet thanks to Earl shifting east, the Red Cross remains on the job. A shelter is open in Montauk, a small village located on the easternmost point of the island that is being pounded by heavy surf and rain. Coastal flooding remains a concern across the island as the storm passes.
“We will be here as long as we are needed,” stated Imbornoni.
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Disaster Alert
California – A wildfire in Kern County burned over 1,000 acres and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents within the affected area on Tuesday. The Kern Chapter deployed Disaster ActionTeam (DAT), opened a shelter and
partnered with another organization toprovide canteen services for the evacuees. The shelter closed hours later after
evacuation orders lifted.
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Disaster Alert
North Carolina – An Amtrak train traveling from Raleigh to Charlotte crashed in Alamance County on Thursday. Multiple injuries were reported.
The ARC of the Quad Cities Area Chapter The Piedmont Carolina Chapter deployed Red Cross workers to provide canteen services to scores of emergency responders.
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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.
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Red Cross Volunteer Mary Watson comforts Lamone Watts outside the Smyrna, TN shelter after her home was affected by the Middle Tennessee Floods.
Photo by: Beth Ferguson on Sunday May 2nd at the Smyrna Towne Center Red Cross Shelter in Smyrna, TN
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Emotional Support Plus Disaster Relief Provided to Residents
LITTLE ROCK, May 1, 2010–American Red Cross Disaster teams are providing emergency disaster relief to communities around the state affected by last night’s destructive line of tornadoes and storms. Areas being responded to include, but are not limited to Beebe, Benton, Center Ridge, College Station, East End, Greers Ferry and Scotland. “We continue to field calls on damage reports as well as monitor the weather for the possibility of more storms moving through the area,” stated American Red Cross spokesperson Brigette Williams.
Red Cross mental health workers and nurses will make bereavement visits in response to the death of the Scotland resident, as well as check on the injured across the state as well as their families. “Unfortunately this is very much like a Yazoo City (MS) déjà vu with small tight knit communities who know each other or of each other, so the anguish of loss is felt by all,” Stated Williams. “This is where the special touches offered by our mental health workers and nurses are most appreciated by the affected families.”
Red Cross teams are conducting damage assessment to see what other specific disaster needs are called for, as damage can vary by area. In addition to conducting street by street damage reviews, Disaster Teams are equipped with tarps, work gloves, trash bags as well as snacks and water to provide immediate help to individuals working to clean up.
Disaster Teams have also identified areas in Osceola in eastern Arkansas flooding with water levels ranging from 2 inches to 2 feet. “We will provide those residents with clean up kits,” Stated Williams.
“In response to Arkansans calls to help, we ask them to make a donation to 1-800-RedCross or go to www.redcross.org where their contribution goes to provide disaster relief needed to help Arkansans after a disaster,” Explained Williams. Arkansans are also encouraged to go to www.redcross.org to review the emergency preparedness checklist for their individual preparedness for future disasters or emergencies that may occur.
Arkansans can keep updated on Red Cross work across the state on twitter.com/ArkRedCross or on facebook.com/American Red Cross of Greater Arkansas.
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Red Cross Workers Respond to Tornadoes in Mississippi
New Orleans, LA, April 27, 2010 – Following more than a dozen tornadoes and severe weather events across Mississippi, local disaster volunteers are traveling north to Jackson, Mississippi. Currently, three Red Cross shelters are open to anyone displaced by the storms. As of late Monday afternoon approximately 35 families had checked in to Red Cross shelters.
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For inquiries about relatives living and who have citizenship in Chile, please try to keep calling, monitor their social networking profiles or contact other family members who live nearby. Telephone, Internet and other communication lines are often disrupted in times of disaster. People trying to locate U.S. citizens living or traveling in Chile should contact the U.S. Department of State, Office of Overseas Citizens Services, at 1-888-407-4747 or 202-647-5225.
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