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​Domestic Disaster Response & Preparedness

Photo: Craig Thompson, Disciple Design

When disasters strike, Week of Compassion is here to help:
before, during, and after.

Week of Compassion offers resources and training opportunities to help congregations prepare and respond. Immediately following disasters in the United States and Canada, Week of Compassion works through local congregations and regions to provide guidance, connections, and resources for navigating disaster response. We invest the majority of our disaster response resources in long-term recovery, primarily for the purpose of repairing and rebuilding homes. In coordination with Disciples Volunteering and other partners, Week of Compassion also supports opportunities for Disciples to offer hands-on assistance.

Learn more about our ongoing responses, or click here to prepare for disasters.
2019 Wildfires, California
​Tropical Storm Imelda, Texas
Hurricane Dorian, Bahamas and Atlantic Coast​
Tornadoes, Ohio​                                                  
Tornadoes, Missouri                                          
Flooding, Midwest US                                       
Hurricane Michael, Florida                             
Hurricane Florence, North Carolina           
Carr Fire and Camp Fire, California
Hurricanes Irma & Maria, Puerto Rico
Hurricane Irma, Florida
​Hurricane Harvey, Texas

Tropical Storm Imelda, Texas

9/21/2019

updated: 10/09/19​
Event Summary: 
After a very rapid development in the Gulf of Mexico, Imelda made landfall in southeast Texas as a Tropical Storm on Sept. 17. It lingered over the region for several days, dropping record-breaking amounts of rain--over 40 inches in some areas. Communities from the greater Houston area east to the Louisiana border saw catastrophic flooding. As of this writing, approximately two dozen Disciples households had reported damage. Some churches are reporting minor damage, but none are known to have flooded at this time. 
How Disciples are Involved:
Local Contacts: Christian Church in the Southwest, local congregations, local long-term recovery groups, Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County, Church World Service local partners

Early Response: ​Week of Compassion provided solidarity grants to several affected Disciples churches and households. We worked with the local long-term recovery group and First Christian Church, Beaumont to distribute cleanup supplies, and we remain in conversation with partners in the region who were already working on recovery from Hurricane Harvey (2017) about new or exacerbated needs.

Ongoing Engagement: We are working with SETERF (the Jefferson County long-term recovery group) and Habitat for Humanity of Jefferson County to provide support for home repairs.
 
How to Help:
Volunteer: Stay tuned for details about volunteer opportunities.

Give to Week of Compassion: Designate “US Storms”

Pray: Continue to pray for those affected by the storm and for our Week of Compassion partners.

Advocate: Imelda has received relatively little attention and few resources, given the scope of the damage. Help keep this recovery in the public awareness and consider how you could help bring awareness to the situation.
Heavy rainmaking storms such as Imelda are becoming more frequent and more severe. Advocate for action on climate change and for improvements to infrastructure to mitigate against the dangers of these storms.

Watch our social media feed for photos, stories, and updates about this recovery.
 


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Indianapolis, IN 46206
Week of Compassion is the relief, refugee and development mission fund of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in the United States and Canada
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      • Special Offering 2020
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