Current Headlines

‘So much need’ along Gulf Coast

Disaster response organizations continue to identify communities devastated and need of assistance. READ MORE

Storms bring misery to Caribbean

Hundreds dead, hundreds of thousands impacted in Haiti as the latest tropical storm moves away


Hurricanes batter fishing villages

Mennonites inspect homes rebuilt after Hurricane Rita, consider new response efforts.


Disaster nightmare continues in Tx

Scores of Hurricane Dolly survivors find it difficult to get any attention or assistance in struggle just to survive.


Recent News

Ike damage ‘worse than Katrina’

Nearly 30,000 still in shelters as officials work to improve immediate aid distribution and plan long-term response


Organizations plan Ike response

Drawing on experience with Hurricane Rita, response organizations plan long-term recovery for Hurricane Ike survivors


Storms add new mission for group

Two decades of contacts helps Louisiana environmental network funnel appropriate response to disaster survivors


They care for disasters' children

Children's Disaster Services focuses on special care for the youngest of disaster evacuees


Many in FL are without insurance

Thousands of homes damaged, responders scramble to provide support


Scientists split on ice melt impact

Faster than expected ice melting this summer prompts warning that the Arctic could be ice-free in the summers within five years


News Briefs

Donation dilemma is second disaster

Groups receive everything from 100,000 toothbrushes to 40,000 cough drops - and more.

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