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Ten years ago Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast and the American Red Cross launched a disaster response larger than ever seen before. To this day nothing has reached the...
Five days after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the Red Cross served nearly one million meals in a single day. More than 68 million meals were served during the response. More than 244,000 disaster workers, 95 percent of them volunteers, responded to help the hurricane survivors.
Returning to a Carefree World. Following Hurricane Katrina, Clarke Bordelon, 13, started to have a difficult time emotionally and developed obsessive-compul-sive disorder (OCD). Clarke’s mother, Sue, enrolled him in the Red Cross mental health assis-tance benefit program, Access to Care.
The Red Cross played a key role in providing relief to victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, mounting its largest ever disaster response.
Ten years ago this week, Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast, fast becoming one of the most devastating natural disasters in U.S. history and triggering a nationwide disaster relief effort of an unprecedented scale.
The American Red Cross mobilized the largest relief effort in its 124-year history to aid the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Local Chapters across the nation mobilised tens of thousands of volunteers for immediate deployment to the disaster region.
Hurricane Katrina, followed by Hurricanes Rita and Wilma, challenged the American Red Cross in many ways. Some challenges were anticipated, others were not. This report will explore those challenges and detail the actions the American Red Cross is taking to meet future challenges.
The American Red Cross has launched an immense emergency relief effort to meet unprecedented humanitarian needs in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. The Red Cross response to Hurricane Katrina is the largest response to a single, natural disaster in the 125-year history of the organization.
Ten years ago, the costliest natural disaster in the history of the United States, Hurricane Katrina barreled its way onto land, causing devastation from Florida to Texas. And the Red Cross launched the largest disaster response in its 134 year history, involving more than 245,000 disaster workers and volunteers who helped millions of people ...
Still, all across the Gulf Coast, people are criticizing the non-profit group's relief efforts during and after Hurricane Katrina. Jearlean Osborne, right, and her daughter Yolanda ferried ...