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Hurricane Ian Response
Media Resources Media Requests Press Releases Fact Sheets B-roll Audio PSA Photos Hurricane Ian Response Press Kit Press Releases October 6 Franklin Graham is Going to Southwest Florida to Encourage People Devastated by Hurricane Ian and Thank Volunteers Serving on the Ground Samaritan’s Purse has mobilized an army of 550 volunteers—with 2,500 more on the…
Crisis & Disaster Response
Faith in Jesus Carries a Mother Through Hurricane Florence
SIGN UP TO VOLUNTEER FOR OUR HURRICANE RESPONSES Katie Martin didn’t fear as she drove back to Jacksonville with her four children after evacuating ahead of Hurricane Florence. “There were two thoughts in my mind: ‘God is doing this for a good purpose, even though we can’t see it right now,’ and ‘Lord, please be…
Long-Awaited Help Arrives for Hurricane Victims in Louisiana
Rusty and Gloria Terry were trapped in their home the day Hurricane Laura slammed into southwestern Louisiana. Rusty had worked hard the previous day to repair his truck, but when they finally got ready to evacuate, the truck wouldn’t shift gears. Rusty tried and tried, but eventually realized they were stuck. “I couldn’t believe it,”…
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Fact Sheet: Douglas DC-8
DC-8 Samaritan's Purse Aviation Since 1975, Samaritan's Purse has used aircraft to transport doctors and relief workers along with tons of food, medicine, shelter materials, blankets, and other items to aid victims of natural disasters, war, famine, and other emergencies. To support the work of Samaritan's Purse arounsd the world, the aviation arm of Samaritan's…
50 Years of Ministry
U.S. Disaster Relief Begins—and Keeps Growing
Volunteers in orange T-shirts running chainsaws and tarping roofs have become icons of the U.S. Disaster Relief projects of Samaritan’s Purse. Yet it took many years for this aspect of the ministry to develop. The first U.S. Disaster Relief Unit was a converted tractor-trailer that deployed for the first time in 1998 to help victims…
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Louisiana Homeowner Grateful for God’s Grace
Cary Castile wasn’t expecting to be displaced for weeks when he evacuated from Louisiana to Texas ahead of Hurricane Laura in August 2020. And, when he did return to his Lake Charles home, he said the widespread devastation broke his heart. “Almost the entire city was damaged. The power lines were down. It was a…
Crisis & Disaster Response
‘God Is Looking After Me’
Some seven months ago, Samaritan’s Purse assisted homeowner Mel Williams and more than 900 other families following destruction from Hurricanes Laura and Delta. Last week, deadly flooding swept through Lake Charles and our teams deployed once again to bring relief to hurting families in Louisiana. “We’ve had a pretty rough couple of months,” Mel explained.…
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Team Patriot Volunteers Help a Fellow Veteran in Louisiana
Residents of Lake Charles, Louisiana, a working-class town of nearly 78,000 people, are weather weary. They have seen their city ravaged by two hurricanes, crippled by an ice storm, and inundated by floodwaters—all within the past nine months. First, Hurricane Laura, a Category 4 storm, roared into Lake Charles in late August. It was the…
Animals, Agriculture & Livelihoods
Greenhouses Revive Farmers in Dominica
When Hurricane Maria arrived on September 18, 2017, it destroyed almost all that Desmond had. “I was devastated. I cried for a whole day—I lost my greenhouse and a majority of my plants.” Desmond had learned the trade of floriculture from his grandmother and had been raising and selling flowers for more than 20 years…
Crisis & Disaster Response
JD Vance Joins Edward Graham in Helene-Ravaged North Carolina
Vice President Elect JD Vance visited western North Carolina today where the remnants of Hurricane Helene churned through the Appalachians causing catastrophic flooding in late September. Vance joined Samaritan’s Purse COO Edward Graham in Buncombe County (Asheville area) where they met with local residents affected by the deadly storm, which dumped as much as 30…
