With more rains predicted for neighborhoods along the Mississippi and Missouri Rivers, the American Red Cross continues to help people affected by disastrous floods in the Midwest as it prepares to launch additional response efforts if necessary.
Red Cross workers currently assist residents in Nebraska, Arkansas, Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, South Dakota and Missouri.
More than 1,000 Red Cross disaster workers are on the ground in all nine states, providing shelter and meals, relief supplies, health, mental health and spiritual care services, damage assessment, help planning next steps and other type of support, such as providing refreshments to people who fill sandbags to protect homes and businesses from flooding.
The Red Cross has:
They opened more than 64 shelters with partners,
Providing more than 6,600 overnight stays.
With partners, he provided more than 121,900 meals.
Distributed more than 74,000 relief supplies.
It deployed almost 30 emergency response vehicles in case of disaster.
It provided more than 2,700 services of health, mental health and spiritual care.
According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), almost two-thirds of the lower 48 states face a high risk of flooding through May, with the potential for major or moderate flooding in 25 states. More than 200 million people are at risk of flooding in their communities.
