Driving through Fire Chief T.J. Oden’s neighborhood was like entering a war zone. Residents paced among the roof shingles and splintered beams. Artifacts of family histories–photographs, books, children’s clothes, and toys–were scattered across lawns and driveways. Large Xs in orange spray paint marked the still-standing houses where rescuers found survivors. Bulldozers were already leveling dilapidated…
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Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders Serves with Samaritan’s Purse in Arkansas
Arkansas Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders helped homeowners in Benton County by serving alongside Samaritan’s Purse on June 2. The county is reeling after seven tornadoes hit the area on May 26, ranging in intensity from EF1 to EF3. “It’s amazing to have an organization like this show up in Arkansas, bring their resources, their time,…
Hogares nuevos y corazones llenos
Two and a half years ago, Josh Jones sat on his couch unconcerned about the reports of an EF4 tornado making its way toward Mayfield, Kentucky. A lightning bolt suddenly struck just outside the window, jolting Josh off the couch and into his truck. This was no ordinary storm. “It was like something I had…
Edward Graham visita las comunidades texanas afectadas por la tormenta
Samaritan’s Purse Chief Operating Officer Edward Graham visited Livingston and Temple, Texas, this week where volunteer teams are helping in Jesus’ Name to clean up flooded neighborhoods and tornado-devastated communities. Graham was able to encourage and pray with homeowners whose lives were turned upside down in a matter of minutes. Residents of Livingston, an hour…
El exvicepresidente Mike Pence se une a los voluntarios en Arkansas
Vice President Mike Pence joined Samaritan’s Purse volunteers on June 14 to help serve homeowners in Benton County, Arkansas, where deadly storms damaged numerous neighborhoods and businesses. Vice President Pence met with homeowners who described harrowing experiences as they sheltered from the powerful twisters that ripped through the Rogers area on May 25. Samaritan’s Purse…
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Respondemos a los incendios forestales en Nuevo México
U.S Disaster Relief teams are now in Central New Mexico where multiple wildfires have consumed over 25,000 acres and, sadly, left two people dead. We are focusing our efforts on the town of Ruidoso, located between the Salt and South Fork fires. The latter alone has devastated 17,000 acres and 1,400 structures, over half of…
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Proveemos ayuda después de las inundaciones en Iowa
Samaritan’s Purse is deploying to Iowa where heavy rainfall has caused Gov. Kim Reynolds to declare a disaster zone across 21 counties. Rivers have swelled beyond historic flood levels, and waters have damaged or destroyed more than 1,200 homes. Loaded with tools and equipment, Disaster Relief Unit #3 left our Wilkes Office and Warehouse in…
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Avivando brasas de esperanza en los sobrevivientes de los incendios forestales
On June 17, two of the three roads out of Ruidoso, New Mexico, were impassible due to the wildfires raging in the towering pines. Tucked away in the Sierra Blanca Mountain range, the arid landscape is no stranger to wildfires, but this blaze was one of the worst Ruidoso residents have ever faced. Tragically, the…
Los voluntarios limpian escombros después de que el huracán sacudió Texas
UPDATE: July 12 As our international hurricane response continues in devastated Caribbean communities, U.S. Disaster Relief volunteers are getting to work in Brazoria County this week in southeast Texas where Hurricane Beryl toppled large trees and dumped nearly a foot of rain. Our teams are cleaning up debris, cutting up trees, patching damaged roofs, and…
Llevamos ayuda y consuelo a Texas después del huracán Beryl
Hurricane Beryl slammed into southeast Texas during the early hours of Monday, July 8, bringing tornado-like winds and unloading waves of rain on the area. After the storm had swept over the Caribbean and the Yucatan Peninsula, warm Gulf waters recharged the storm and sent it spiraling ferociously towards Texas as a Category 1 hurricane.…
