Disaster Alert
Hawaii – Heavy rain and strong winds caused varying degrees of damage to buildings in Oahu yesterday.
The Hawaii State Chapter opened a shelter at the request of the Oahu Emergency Management. The Chapter will do damage assessment later today.
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Disaster Alert
Wisconsin – Most of the state remains under a High Wind Warning after strong winds of up to 60 mph downed trees, power lines and left about 53,000 customers without power in Brown, Kewaunee, Oconto, Kenosha, Racine Counties yesterday. The Brown county EOC is at full activation.
An EF-1 tornado reportedly touched down in Racine and Kenosha counties damaging some homes, businesses and injuring two people.
The Southeastern Wisconsin and Badger Chapters sent out a Disaster Action Team to assess damages.
Lakeland chapter representatives were sent to the Kewaunee and Brown County Emergency Operations Center (EOC’s).
Chapters will notify the Disaster Operations Center of any services they may provide.
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Connecticut – Strong winds caused temperatures to plunge to about 10 -15 degrees resulting in power outages to more than 100, 000 customers and downed power lines. Power companies are working to restore power to every household. The Connecticut chapter opened a shelter yesterday.
Pennsylvania – Ridgebury had very strong winds and extremely low temperatures yesterday, it is not yet known whether there were power outages, downed power lines or damages.
The Bradford-Sullivan Counties chapter took over a shelter at the request of Ridgebury Volunteers Fire department. The shelter had 32 people earlier but was closed around 2 am after everyone left. The Susquehanna County chapter assisted with volunteers and the Lackawanna County chapter placed volunteers on standby.
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Nan Buzard, Senior Director of International Response and Programs, discusses the global Red Cross presence in light of the disasters in the Asia Pacific region. She globe hops from the tsunami relief efforts in American Samoa and Samoa to the earthquake response in Indonesia and lands at the ongoing typhoon response in the Philippines, Vietnam and Laos.
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New Jersey – Winds damaged property, downed power lines and left residents without electricity in Burlington County on Friday evening, July 31. The Chapter deployed DAT and provided canteen services to emergency responders.
Chapters Responding:
ARC of Central New Jersey, Princeton, NJ;
Burlington County Chapter, Lumberton, NJ
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Kansas – A winter storm moved through the state and brought snow, ice, and high winds that knocked out power and stranded travelers. The Mid-Way Kanasas Chapter and Cannonball Trail Chapter opened a warming center and fed hundreds of people staying in nearby hotels as well as emergency workers.
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Yesterday, the Red Cross responded to the following event:
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