Faith-based disaster relief teams fan out across six US states to help tornado recovery
RNS Faith-based disaster relief teams are already working in several of the areas hardest hit by devastating tornadoes that tore through six states on Friday. On Monday, 74 people were confirmed dead across eight counties in Kentucky, and another 13 died in Arkansas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Missouri and Illinois. Dozens more are unaccounted for. President Biden […]
Faith-based disaster relief groups balance COVID safety with speedy response to Hurricane Ida
RNS In the wake of Hurricane Ida, faith-based disaster relief groups are assessing damage, setting up mobile kitchens and preparing to send skilled volunteers to Louisiana, Mississippi and other states hit hard by the storm. Those groups began putting equipment and supplies into place before Ida made landfall on Sunday and have kept in constant […]
As Hurricane Laura hits, US faith-based disaster relief groups ready to lend a hand
RNS In recent months, Lara Martin’s life has been one disaster after another. Tornadoes in Tennessee. Wildfires in California. A derecho in Iowa. Now, Hurricane Laura. “We’ve been busy,” said Martin, the interim director of US disaster response for the United Methodist Committee on Relief, better known as UMCOR. Buildings and homes are flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane […]