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Photo of the Day: Tornado response and tips to prepare

Disaster response teams with the American Red Cross have been working tirelessly to provide relief to those affected by tornadoes and severe weather in Oklahoma. In this photo Red Cross volunteer Angela Clemins hugs Moore resident Donna Giedrocz....

Photo of the Day: Relief after tornado outbreak

Every day, we publish a photo to show the Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! Several tornadoes struck American Midwest and Southern states this past week, claiming livings and destroy...

Photo of the Day: Alasia gets some comfort from Mickey

Every day, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know. This photo is courtesy of our sister society, the American Red Cross. Ten month old Alasia Johnson grips a...

Tornado touches down in Alabama in January - is that normal?

A tornado in January? Did we hear that right? It’s true. Sunday evening, a severe weather system spun-off a series of tornadoes which touched down across several states in the Southern US, leaving behind a path of devastation. In particular,...

Goderich tornado – answering the call for help

Doris Barkley had just returned to her Stratford, ON home from Calgary on August 21, when she got the call: a tornado had touched down and assistance was needed.A mere two hours later, the Canadian Red Cross volunteer was in the town of Goderich, an ...

Goderich tornado – stories from the reception centre

*Special thank you to photographer Johan Hallberg-Cambpell for these photos [slideshow] When I was a kid, I would sometimes go on day trips with my family to Goderich, ON - a town of 8,000 located on the shores of Lake Huron, dubbed as “the pre...

Photo Tuesday: Twister touches down in Goderich

Every Tuesday, we publish a photo to show Red Cross at work across the country or around the world. Do you have a photo to share? Let us know! [slideshow] Around 4 p.m last Sunday, the worst tornado Ontario has seen in 15 years touched down in ...

The Red Cross Round-up

The Round-up offers a weekly sample of what our sister Red Cross Societies are working on around the world.UNITED STATES: The tornado that caused a trail of destruction across the state of Missouri is one of the worst the country has experienced in l...

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