Photos: Haiti, Hurricane Tomas, Healing Hands for Haiti
November 10, 2010
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Video: Red Cross Prepares in Haiti for Tropical Storm Tomas
November 4, 2010
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Disaster Alert: Typhoon Megi
October 18, 2010Disaster Alert
Philippines – The American Red Cross is monitoring the situation in the Philippines with Typhoon Megi. The ARC is prepared to provide assistance to the Philippine Red Cross (PRC) if needed. Megi packed sustained winds of 140 miles (225 kilometers) per hour and gusts of 162 mph (260 kph) as it made landfall midday Monday at Palanan Bay in Isabela province. (source: Washington Post)
Image from http://www.tropicalstormrisk.com.
The Philippine Red Cross (PRC) operations centre is monitoring the situation, receiving latest updates from PAGASA as well as from its chapters in areas placed on alert. The national headquarters has spread information – complementing advisories issued by NDRRMC – on measures that communities should take before, during and after the storm.
The National Society has already deployed one unit of its water search and rescue (WASAR) team, with additional teams on standby for potential deployment. Emergency response units (ERUs) are also on standby for possible deployment. PRC has additional equipment for water search and rescue, water treatment plants, ambulances and vehicles that are on standby and ready for deployment to priority areas, should the need arise.
The PRC can also provide portalets to evacuation centres, and its community health volunteers are ready to conduct basic hygiene education to ensure proper maintenance of the facilities by families to be assisted.
Volunteers and staff are readying pre-positioned emergency supplies such as food, bedding and hygiene items to help meet communities’ needs. Pre-positioned emergency supplies are sufficient to serve 10,000 families as of now.
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Disaster Update: Tropical Storm Hermine in Texas
September 10, 2010Disaster Update
This morning at approximately 9:30am, Red Cross teams will deliver breakfast to victims of Tropical Storm Hermine at the Willow Creek Apartments and the surrounding neighborhood. Residents are still without power and know that the road to recovery will be a long one. On top of providing breakfast, clean-up kits that contain squeegees, mops, bleach and other essential supplies will be provided to those who need it. More than 70 homes in this West Arlington neighborhood have been destroyed or sustained major damage.
Below are the final statistics from all damage assessment surveys conducted across North Texas due to Tropical Storm Hermine:
TOTAL HOMES AFFECTED: 246
(areas include Tarrant, Johnson, Dallas, Rockwall and Denton counties)
Destroyed: 4 Homes
Major Damage: 86 Homes
Minor Damage: 156 Homes
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Photos: Hurricane Earl on Cape Cod
September 4, 2010
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Story: Hurricane Earl Volunteers Arrive
September 2, 2010This story is written by Red Cross worker Autum Mihm from the Cape Fear chapter of the American Red Cross.
Wilmington, NC, September 2, 2010- The American Red Cross continues preparations for Hurricane Earl as it approaches the East Coast of the United States. The Cape Fear Chapter in Wilmington, NC currently has 115 local staff and volunteers and 15 visiting Red Cross disaster relief workers supporting preparedness activities and on standby for response to hurricane impacted areas.
Nearly 50 members of the Cape Fear Chapter Disaster Leadership Team packed into the chapters training room last night for a meeting to welcome the incoming volunteers and to discuss disaster response plans for Hurricane Earl. The Cape Fear Chapter has many dedicated volunteers on the DLT and is thankful for the additional volunteers who traveled from around the Carolinas to assist during this operation.
Here are a few of the visiting volunteers who arrived in Wilmington yesterday to assist with hurricane relief operations:
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Latest NOAA Advisory for Hurricane Earl
September 1, 2010
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Photos: Hurricane Earl
August 31, 2010Passengers on flights to the Virgin Islands were stranded at the Luis Muñoz Marín airport in Puerto Rico as measure of security because Hurricane Earl. The American Red Cross Puerto Rico Chapter was there to provide monetary assistance, comfort kits, and mental health services.
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Tropical Activity: Earl, Fiona
August 31, 2010Tropical Activity
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Hurricane Earl
Tropical Storm Fiona
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Disaster Alert: Hurricane Earl
August 31, 2010Disaster Alert
US Virgin Islands / Puerto Rico – Earl dumped heavy rain and high winds that downed trees, blocked roads, closed airports and left some island residents without power in St. Thomas, St. John and St. Croix, on Monday.
In a related story, Earl left thousands of residents without power, closed airports and stranded hundreds of travelers in Puerto Rico on Monday. The Governor declared a State of Emergency for the entire island.
The ARC of the Virgin Islands Chapter opened 4 shelters and provided Mass Care.
The Puerto Rico Chapter provided canteen services to support stranded travelers at the airport and assisted government partners as needed for affected-area residents.
Georgia / South Carolina / North Carolina/ Maryland/ New York/ Rhode Island – Earl became a major Category- 4 hurricane on Monday and the forecast track showed that the storm could affect many states along the East Coast within the next 72 hours.
In preparation for Earl, chapters continue to monitor the event, identify human and material resources, and communicate with government agencies and community partners.
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