Northern California’s monstrous Dixie Fire ignited July 13 in a dense forest in Plumas County. Over the past two months, the conflagration has scorched nearly 1 million acres and destroyed over 1,300 structures. It’s the second largest blaze in California history and the first ever in the state to burn from one side of the…
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Ministrando familias devastadas por el fuego Dixie en California
Ministrando a las familias devastadas por el Fuego Caldor al norte de California
UPDATED Oct. 29: The massive Caldor Fire in Northern California ignited on Aug. 14 in the Eldorado National Forest. The blaze, driven by dangerously hot, dry winds, charged through the tinder-dry forest and torched everything in its path from one side of the Sierra Nevada to the other. In all, the inferno burned over 221,000…
Voluntarios trabajan duro en comunidades inundadas de Alabama
Samaritan’s Purse volunteers are working in Pelham, Alabama, cleaning out flooded homes where a slow-moving storm system produced heavy rain across central Alabama the first week in October. The resulting flash floods killed four people, including a 4-year-old girl. The deluge swamped hundreds of houses and flooded businesses as it surged across roads, fields, and…
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Serving in Jesus’ Name After Alabama Floods
Our disaster relief response in Pelham, Alabama, closed on Nov. 4. We rejoice that God used 83 volunteers to help 84 homeowners, with three people placing their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ! Please watch the video above to find out more about one homeowner, Penny Gibson, who thanks the Lord for the Samaritan’s Purse…
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El vicepresidente Mike Pence anima a los veteranos y propietarios en Luisiana
Former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife Karen rolled up their sleeves, slipped on work gloves, and helped remove broken tree limbs and other debris from the backyard of Scott and Faith Sawyer, whose home and property in Hammond, Louisiana, were badly damaged by Hurricane Ida. Pence also fired up a chainsaw and helped…
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Samaritan’s Purse Deploys After Major Flooding in Washington
Recent heavy rains caused deadly flooding and mudslides throughout Whatcom County, Washington, resulting in hundreds of evacuations, road closures, hundreds of thousands of power outages, and damage to more than 500 homes. Samaritan’s Purse is responding to this storm to bring relief to people in critical need. We have deployed a Disaster Relief Unit—a tractor…
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Dios los recuerda
When Maria Gonzalez received the call that her house had been overtaken by floodwater, she fainted and collapsed to the floor, unable to process the devastation she felt. For 14 years, she and her husband, Roberto, had raised three children and created a refuge for their family within their treasured house in Sumas, Washington. While…
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Serving the Flood Weary in Washington in Jesus’ Name
Early November storm clouds rolling into northwestern Washington did little to alarm residents of Whatcom County of any danger. After all, minor flooding is fairly common for that part of the state. By the morning of Nov. 15, though, the area had received 4.5 inches of rainfall within 36 hours, causing widespread flooding as Lake…
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Tornados mortales traen pena y angustia a muchos estados
An unprecedented swarm of deadly nighttime tornadoes tore through several states from Friday into Saturday leaving a long trail of death and destruction. Search-and-rescue efforts continue; more than 100 are feared dead. SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER States across the heartland of the country were battered by at least 50 tornadoes. The worst damage and highest…
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Propietarios comparten historias de terror; voluntarios trabajan duro después de tornados
Where residents of Mayfield, Kentucky, lined downtown streets to watch a Christmas parade just days earlier, the sidewalks are now strewn with the debris of a flattened city. More than 70 people died in Kentucky alone last weekend as tornadoes ripped through the community in the nighttime hours of Dec. 10. At least 88 people…
