Red Cross Helping as Thousands Feel the Impacts of Gulf Coast Storm, Southern California Wildfires

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For the second week, hundreds of American Red Cross disaster workers are responding on two coasts as wildfires in southern California continue to force thousands of people to leave their homes and people across the Gulf Coast take steps to recover after Hurricane Francine.

HOW YOU CAN HELP Please click, text or call to support Red Cross Disaster Relief and help people affected by disasters like storms and countless other crises. Visitredcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.Your gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from disasters big and small.

FRANCINE Almost 230 Red Cross disaster workers are coordinating closely with local officials and community partners to provide shelter, food and critical relief supplies to families impacted by Francine.

Emergency shelters are open and Red Cross disaster teams are circulating through hard hit communities to distribute food and critical relief supplies to people in need. So far, the Red Cross and our partners have provided almost 890 overnight stays in 27 emergency shelters. With the help of partners, more than 12,680 meals and snacks have been provided, and more than 3,400 relief items including comfort kits and other supplies have been distributed to people in need. In the days to come, Red Cross disaster teams will help to assess the damage to better understand what support people may need in the weeks to come.

To help reach more people, the Red Cross is working with hyper-local community partners in Terrebonne Parish like TCU Food Bank, Hope Extreme, Friends of the Terrebonne Public Library and the Louisiana Southern Missionary Baptist Association. These partners, and many more, are part of the Red Cross Community Adaptation Program which seeks to build community resilience before disasters.

WILDFIRES Cooler, wetter weather is helping firefighters slowly gain control of the three devastating wildfires burning in southern California which have forced thousands of people from their homes.

The Airport Fire in Orange and Riverside Counties, the Line Fire in San Bernardino County, and the Bridge Fire in San Bernardino and Los Angeles Counties have burned almost 117,000 acres and more than 50,000 people remain under evacuation orders. Many evacuees had to flee their homes with very little notice and haven't been able to return. In addition, people are coping with poor air quality, power outages, blocked roads and closed schools.

As many as 160 Red Crossers are working with local officials and partners to provide safe shelter, food and comfort for people impacted by the fires. Since shelters were opened for this disaster, the Red Cross and our partners have provided almost 1,300 overnight stays in 15emergency shelters. With the help of partners, more than 4,800 meals and snacks have been provided along with 2,100 relief items including comfort kits and other supplies for people in need. The Red Cross is also helping people with things like replacing eyeglasses and prescriptions.

FIND HELPAnyone who needs a safe place to stay or a warm meal can find service information on redcross.org, the free Red Cross Emergency app or by calling 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767). In Louisiana, people can contact their local parish officials to learn about evacuation centers in their parish.

If possible, we encourage people who plan to stay in a shelter to bring prescription medications, extra clothing, pillows, blankets, hygiene supplies, other comfort items and important documents. Don't forget to bring any special items for children, such as diapers, formula and toys, or for family members who have unique needs.

We do everything we can to accommodate service animals and domesticated pets comfortably in our shelters. Sometimes, depending on the situation, pets may need to be housed in a different location with support from local partners.

Find more information on hurricane and wildfire safety here.

CLIMATE CRISIS Overall, disasters - including wildfires and hurricanes - are becoming more frequent and intense. In response, the Red Cross is providing food, shelter and recovery support on a nearly continual basis.

Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP)Through the generosity of our American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program (ADGP) and Disaster Responder members, the American Red Cross is prepared before disaster strikes. ADGP and Disaster Responder members help secure a reliable funding base for disaster relief services that enables the Red Cross to respond immediately, meeting the needs of individuals and families affected by disaster, regardless of cost.

ADGP $1M Members: Amazon; American Airlines; Anheuser-Busch Foundation; Bank of America; Caterpillar Foundation; Chobani; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; CMA CGM Foundation; Costco Wholesale; Delta Air Lines; Elevance Health Foundation; Enterprise Mobility Foundation; FedEx; Lilly Endowment Inc.; Lowe's Companies, Inc.; McDonald's Corporation; Merck; Microsoft; Nationwide Foundation; The Pfizer Foundation; The Starbucks Foundation; State Farm; Takeda; Truist Foundation; VSP Vision; Walmart and the Walmart Foundation; Wells Fargo

ADGP $500k Members: Altria Group; American Express; Aon; Bread Financial; Capital One; Chick-fil-A; Citi Foundation; The Clorox Company; Danaher Foundation; Darden Foundation; Delta Dental; DHL Supply Chain; Edison International; Energy Transfer/Sunoco Foundation; Ford Philanthropy; Fox Corporation; General Motors; Google.org; HCA Healthcare; The Home Depot Foundation; The J.M. Smucker Company; Johnson Controls Foundation; Kaiser Permanente; The Kraft Heinz Company Foundation; The Kroger Co. Foundation; Liberty Mutual Insurance; Lockheed Martin Corporation; Mastercard; Mondelēz International Foundation; New Balance Foundation; Paul Davis Restoration; PayPal; PepsiCo Foundation; PetSmart Charities; Salesforce; Southeastern Grocers Gives Foundation & Southeastern Grocers, Harveys Supermarket and Winn-Dixie; Stryker; Target; The TJX Companies, Inc.; Toyota; United Airlines; UPS; USAA; U.S. Bank Foundation; Visa Foundation; The Walt Disney Company; The Wawa Foundation; Wesco; Zoetis Foundation

Disaster Responder Members: 7-Eleven Cares Foundation; Adobe; The AES Corporation; ALDI; American Tire Distributors; American Water Charitable Foundation; Ameriprise Financial; Assurant; AvalonBay Communities, Inc.; Avangrid Foundation; Barclays; Bath & Body Works; Big 5 Sporting Goods; Build-A-Bear Foundation; Canadian National Railway Company; CarMax; CDW; Charles Schwab Foundation; Cisco Foundation; CNA Insurance; The Coca-Cola Foundation; The Deluxe Foundation; The DICK'S Sporting Goods Foundation; Discover; Dollar General; Dollar Tree and Family Dollar; Duke Energy; Erie Insurance; Equitable; FirstEnergy Corporation; Harbor Freight Tools Foundation, LLC; Hewlett Packard Enterprise Foundation; HP Foundation; International Paper; Invitation Homes; Keurig Dr Pepper; Kimberly-Clark Corporation; L'Oréal; The Labcorp Charitable Foundation; Lenovo Foundation; LKQ; Macy's, Inc.; Major League Baseball; Marathon Petroleum Corporation; Martin Marietta; Masco; Mattress Firm; McKesson Foundation; MetLife Foundation; Neiman Marcus Group; NextEra Energy, Inc.; Norfolk Southern; Northrop Grumman Foundation; Northwestern Mutual; Novartis; Old Dominion Freight Line; Pacific Life Foundation; Phillips 66; Prudential; Raymond James; RBC Foundation USA; Reckitt; Reliance, Inc.; Reynolds American Inc.; RTX; Ryder System, Inc.; Santander; Security Finance's Lending Hand Foundation; ServiceNow; Southwest Airlines; Stanley Black & Decker; Stephen's Inc.; Tata Consultancy Services; U-Haul International; Ulta Beauty Charitable Foundation; U.S. Foods; Yum! Brands; Zurich

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