Missouri Red Cross Responders Aid Texas

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Red Cross responders from Missouri have been deployed to help people affected by Hurricane Beryl in Texas, with 13 responders supporting relief efforts in the state and three deployed to assist with flooding in Iowa.

Why it matters: The deployment of Red Cross volunteers from Missouri highlights the nationwide response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Beryl, as communities come together to support those affected by the storm.

The details:

• Two responders are from the Central and Northern Missouri chapter, six from the Greater Kansas City and Northwest Missouri chapter, six from the Greater St. Louis chapter, and two from the Southern Missouri chapter.
• Rebecca Gordon, executive director for the Central and Northern Missouri chapter, expressed gratitude for the volunteers’ dedication, stating, “Our teams have been there to help immediately after Hurricane Beryl made landfall.”
• More than 1.6 million customers are without power and air conditioning following Beryl’s landfall amid dangerous heat in southeast Texas.

The response:

• John Kaminski, an assistant fire chief in Toledo and leader at Ohio Task Force One, is serving with the Incident Support Team through FEMA to provide support in the wake of Beryl.
• Red Cross volunteers from the Delaware Valley, including Dan Kirkpatrick of Mount Laurel, NJ, were already deployed to Texas before the storm hit, waiting to assist at evacuation shelters.
• Two members of Pennsylvania Task Force 1 have been deployed as part of a federal response team, and the New Jersey American Red Cross will send an emergency response vehicle and two volunteers from Camden County to aid in relief efforts.

How to help: Those wishing to support Red Cross efforts can call 800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation. The organization’s most-needed disaster positions include supporting shelters and providing health services.

The impact: At least two people have died from fallen trees, and more than 2 million residents are without power in Texas due to the torrential rain and high winds brought by Hurricane Beryl.

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Red Cross responders from Missouri have been deployed to help people affected by Hurricane Beryl in Texas. As of Thursday, 13 responders have been sent to support the relief efforts from Beryl, and three responders have been deployed to Iowa to help with flooding relief there. Two of the responders are from the Central and Northern Missouri chapter, six are from the Greater Kansas City and Northwest Missouri chapter, six are from the Greater St.

Louis chapter, and two are from the Southern Missouri chapter. Rebecca Gordon, the executive director for the Central and Northern Missouri chapter, said, “Our teams have been there to help immediately after Hurricane Beryl made landfall. We are grateful to the volunteers who are willing to leave home and help those affected by disasters in communities around the country.

Missouri responders aid Beryl relief

If anyone would like to join our teams for future disaster response efforts, we ask them to sign up today. The majority of our workforce — 90% — is made up of volunteers, and we simply could not do what we do without them.”

More than 1.6 million customers are without power and air conditioning following Beryl’s landfall amid dangerous heat in southeast Texas.

This announcement from the Red Cross comes a day after members from Missouri Task Force 1 returned to Columbia following their deployment to assist with relief from Beryl. Missouri Task Force 1 worked in water rescue in Texas alongside responders from Tennessee. For those wishing to support the Red Cross efforts, people can call 800-RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767) or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 donation.

The Red Cross says its most-needed disaster positions include supporting shelters and providing health services.