Red Cross runs major relief efforts amid deadly disasters
The past weeks have brought no shortage of disasters.
- In late September, the Central Illinois Chapter sent volunteers from Peoria and Champaign to assist flood victims in Georgia.
- Then, the American Red Cross mobilized in American Samoa, where a tsunami swept across the island after a powerful earthquake hit the South Pacific.
- On Sept. 30, an earthquake measuring 7.6 shook Indonesia’s western coastline, setting off a destructive chain of events — buildings caught fire, homes collapsed, airports closed, and residents and tourists became trapped. In Padang alone, at least 500 homes were caved in.
- Additionally, relief workers are helping with the ongoing typhoon response in the Philippines and Vietnam after Typhoon Ketsana made its first landfall and dumped torrential rains.
The Red Cross and our international partners need your help so that we may help others. Please take a moment to read, watch, listen learn about these disaster relief needs, both global and domestic. Thank you for your support.
More information at www.redcrossillinois.org/disasters-fall-2009.
