Rockport, Texas, resident Calistro Torres decided to weather out Hurricane Harvey, and as it made landfall he witnessed it rip through his roof, tear up his walls, churn up his floors, and toss around furniture. Praise God the 72-year-old survived the onslaught. In the aftermath, our volunteers arrived at Torres’ house to remove debris and…
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Franklin Graham Encourages Residents and Volunteers in Hurricane-Hit Town
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE FLORENCE RESPONSE Samaritan’s Purse President Franklin Graham traveled to hard-hit New Bern, North Carolina, today, thanking volunteers for their service and encouraging and praying with storm-weary homeowners. He visited multiple home cleanup sites in the afternoon, personally greeting volunteers and asking them a little about themselves. He thanked…
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Respuesta al huracán Beryl
Overview Articles & Podcasts Photos Videos Help Hurricane Devastated Caribbean Islanders Hurricane Relief 013779 $ Give After four early-July DC-8 airlifts to the islands followed by many weeks of work, Samaritan's Purse continues to treat patients and provide water and relief items in multiple locations. We are also giving grants to churches for ministry and…
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Relief Flown to Island Residents Cut Off by Hurricane Dorian
Samaritan’s Purse has established a base of operations in Marsh Harbour—working to bring emergency shelter material, clean water, and critical supplies to families who lost everything. Marsh Harbour, a small town of fewer than 10,000 people in the Abaco Islands of the Bahamas, hit international news as Category 5 Hurricane Dorian made landfall there on…
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Emergency Field Hospital Treating Hurricane Survivors in the Bahamas
Update (10:54 a.m., Sept. 11): Samaritan’s Purse treated more than 90 patients on the first full day of operations at our Emergency Field Hospital (Sept. 10). Please continue to pray for the people of the Bahamas and for our medical team members who are working long days caring for people in Jesus’ Name. Lucinda Haven,…
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Hurricane Sally Recovery Continues in Alabama
Riding out Hurricane Sally through the foreboding darkness of night was terrifying for Marilyn and Steve Hobbs and their neighbors in Foley, Alabama. “You lay awake and you hear all the wind and the noise. You wait a little bit, and then you hear something else hit the house,” Marilyn said. “And you do this…
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Press Release Hurricane Delta Relief 10-12-2020
Samaritan’s Purse Continues to Aid Gulf Coast Families in the Wake of Hurricane Delta International Christian Relief Organization Responds in Four Louisiana Locations BOONE, N.C., OCT. 12, 2020—Weeks after responding to Hurricanes Laura and Sally, Samaritan's Purse continues to aid Gulf Coast families in the wake of Hurricane Delta. The Category 2 storm struck a…
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Samaritan’s Purse Provides Aid to 351,000 Hurricane Maria Victims in Puerto Rico (Press Release)
"Disaster Response Specialists Preparing to Aid Victims of Carr Fire"—Franklin Graham SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Sept. 5, 2018 — In the year since Hurricane Maria devastated the island of Puerto Rico, international Christian relief organization Samaritan’s Purse has helped some 351,000 hurricane victims—more than 10% of the island’s population. “Our team has been on the…
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Newsletter July 2024
Franklin Graham Update | July Franklin Graham Update | July Stormy Times Responding to an Unprecedented Hurricane Dear Friend, Hurricane Beryl has ripped across the Caribbean, devastating several islands before slashing across the Yucatan peninsula of Mexico and plowing into Texas. Beryl was the earliest Category 5 hurricane ever seen in the Atlantic Ocean. On Union Island, home to 3,000 people, the hurricane wiped…
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Samaritan’s Purse Distributing Emergency Relief Items in the Abacos
The most terrifying moment for Rosie Meadows during Hurricane Dorian’s relentless thrashing wasn’t when glass exploded from the windows or when the sea churned to such heights that she thought a funnel cloud of ocean water was headed straight for her door. For Rosie, fear overwhelmed her when she heard the children crying and screaming.…
