Samaritan’s Purse volunteers continue working hard in northern California where wildfires have burned through residential communities, claiming homes and other structures. Our teams served hurting families devastated by the Colfax Fire by sifting through the ashes to recover any precious belongings not claimed by the fire. Now, we have transitioned from the Colfax area to…
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Respuesta de ayuda continúa después de fuegos forestales al norte de California
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Samaritan’s Purse On the Ground in Haiti After Powerful Earthquake Rocks Southern Cities
Samaritan’s Purse is responding in the aftermath of a 7.2-magnitude earthquake that jolted southeastern Haiti near the port city of Les Cayes. The Saturday morning temblor caused severe damage—destroying homes and trapping people in the rubble. More than 1,000 have died and casualties are feared to rise as search and rescue efforts continue. Our teams…
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Press Release Samaritan’s Purse Airlifts Critical Relief Supplies to Haiti After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake 8-15-2021
Samaritan's Purse Airlifts Critical Relief Supplies to Haiti After 7.2 Magnitude Earthquake Boone, N.C., Aug. 15, 2021—Yesterday, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti. It caused severe damage—destroying homes and trapping people in the rubble. High casualties are feared as search and rescue efforts continue. Samaritan's Purse immediately began to mobilize disaster response specialists and position relief…
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Samaritan's Purse continúa trabajando en la región oeste de Carolina del Norte
Tropical Storm Fred dumped nearly a foot of rain in some areas of western North Carolina, washing out bridges and roads and destroying hundreds of homes. Close to 100 people had to be rescued, and six people died. The catastrophic flooding also caused more than 50,000 power outages. Samaritan’s Purse has deployed to Haywood County…
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Voluntarios empezaron a trabajar en Tennessee después de las fatales inundaciones
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER Areas of Middle Tennessee were deluged by 17 inches of rain over the weekend, resulting in deadly flooding that destroyed hundreds of homes, knocked down trees and power lines, and washed out major highways and bridges. At least 20 people were killed and, at one point, about 60 were reported missing.…
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Sobrevivientes de inundaciones en Tennessee hablan sobre salvación y protección de Dios
UPDATE: Our relief response in Middle Tennessee wrapped up on Sept. 8. We praise God for the nearly 200 volunteers who served in Jesus’ Name. We also saw God at work as seven individuals came to faith in Christ during this deployment. In the early morning hours of Sunday, Aug. 22, Jeff Klocko fitted himself…
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Supliendo aún las necesidades urgentes de Haití a consecuencia del terremoto
Early on a Saturday morning, Dano and his family were outside of their home cleaning up after breakfast. They expected it to be a normal weekend full of cooking, cleaning, and a trip to the market. Instead, their lives abruptly changed. The earth started to shake. What started out as a tremor turned into a…
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Ministrando familias devastadas por el fuego Dixie en California
Northern California’s monstrous Dixie Fire ignited July 13 in a dense forest in Plumas County. Over the past two months, the conflagration has scorched nearly 1 million acres and destroyed over 1,300 structures. It’s the second largest blaze in California history and the first ever in the state to burn from one side of the…
Ministrando a las familias devastadas por el Fuego Caldor al norte de California
UPDATED Oct. 29: The massive Caldor Fire in Northern California ignited on Aug. 14 in the Eldorado National Forest. The blaze, driven by dangerously hot, dry winds, charged through the tinder-dry forest and torched everything in its path from one side of the Sierra Nevada to the other. In all, the inferno burned over 221,000…
