Mohamed and Nehal said their street near Boone turned into a river when Hurricane Helene dumped rain on the region last September. Their apartment flooded, along with all of their belongings. Among the Egyptian family’s losses were the trusty vehicles they relied on for work. “They were flooded to the roof,” Mohamed said. “There was…
Ayudamos a un pastor que perdió casi todo en el huracán Helene
Pastor Charles English was at home with one of his daughters when Ivy Creek became a torrent of boulders, trees, and exploding propane tanks—common elements for most stories about Hurricane Helene’s destructive path through the mountains. Charles and his wife, Sadie, have lived five decades in Barnardsville, North Carolina, along a normally idyllic branch of…
Respuesta a inundaciones en Kentucky y West Virginia
A U.S. Disaster Relief team has arrived in Pikeville, Kentucky, to provide assistance in the wake of last weekend’s catastrophic flooding that claimed over a dozen lives. Roughly half a foot of rain deluged many places, causing rivers to overflow and homes to flood. Hundreds of people are still without power and hundreds have been…
Nuevas casas sobre ruedas
Since Hurricane Helene upended her life, Tammy has been living in the carport outside her sister’s house in the rural mountains of North Carolina. The tin and metal frame, asphalt floor, and flimsy insulation do little to hold the warmth from the small space heaters Tammy bought. As temperatures have dropped well below freezing in…
El amor se desborda en el este de Kentucky
The strewn debris and trash still hanging from the barren trees in Brandt Justice’s backyard stand as stark reminders of how high the waters rose when floods ravaged his small Kentucky community last week. In the early hours of Feb. 16, the small tributary behind his home suddenly swelled and climbed to the tips of…
Voluntarios que brindan ayuda en caso de desastres instados a compartir valientemente el Evangelio de Cristo
Thick, black smoke was moving in rapidly. Pastor Erik Naylor of Maui, Hawaii, could hardly see more than a few feet in front of him, and he felt the heat as homes around him started to catch on fire. But when he and a neighbor looked across the street, they saw that the Lahaina Baptist…
Newsletter March 2025
Animales de carga donados a una organización de Carolina ayudan con el socorro por Helene
A February storm had softened the ground considerably and loosened the roots on an old poplar tree. Wind gusts finished it off. Mike and Michele Toberer were hours out of town when the timber fell and broke a large opening into a fence holding their mules. Three of them escaped into the highway. “That was…
El secretario Scott Turner ve la respuesta en curso al huracán Helene
Scott Turner, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, joined Samaritan’s Purse staff and volunteers in North Carolina on March 11 to see our continued Hurricane Helene relief efforts. Secretary Turner visited homeowners in Buncombe County (Asheville area) who are still suffering from the storm’s catastrophic strike. “We’re here to learn, to…
De la desesperanza a la esperanza
Bronson Harris lived in a camper next to a creek in Bakersville, North Carolina. When Hurricane Helene swept through the area last September, he lost everything. They helped me out spiritually more than anybody that I had ever spoke with before. He reached out to Samaritan’s Purse, and we supplied him with a new camper…












