Guest post by Kathryn Dunmore, Red Cross blogger
Last week was Emergency Preparedness Week (May 4 – 10) and recent severe weather in the United States is a good example of disasters happening in an instant.
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Canada's tornado season is from April to September and typically occuring in southern Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, southern Ontario, southern Quebec, interior of British Columbia and western New Brusnwick. Here is more information from the Canadian Red Cross on
tornado planning.
A recent weather system in the United States caused tornadoes and flooding resulting in hundreds of people spending nights in approximately 30 Red Cross and community shelters in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, Kansas, Mississippi, North Caroline, Oklahoma and Tennessee. After tornadoes destroyed homes, the Red Cross mobilized dozens of disaster workers, opened shelters, provided meals and relief supplies, as well as distributing food, blankets, hygiene items, and water.
With a weather system developing tornadoes and flooding in multiple states, more than 5.5 million storm alerts were sent over three days through American Red Cross apps.