Archive for the 'Hurricane' Category

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Our Prayer for the Victims of Hurricane Harvey | Genevieve Gerard
(1 Thess. 5:17)

The Red Cross is recruiting additional volunteers to help
areas impacted by recent major hurricanes.

Training is at the Red Cross Portland, Oregon office on 
North Vancouver Avenue from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

American Red Cross.jpg

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Free "Pray for Hurricane Helene Victims" Billboard Ad

Tropical Storm Helene, 8th named storm of season, forms in Atlantic

Flooded cars, photos of water-damaged vehicles from Hurricane Helene

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TOURIST TOWN WAS WASHED INTO LAKE

Helene impacts on Lake Lure

(FOX NEWS) – The mountainous village where "The Last of the Mohicans"(1992) and "Dirty Dancing"(1987) were filmed is no
longer there following the devastating impacts of Hurricane
Helene.

The little town of Chimney Rock in North Carolina sits at the
base of Chimney Rock State Park and is home to Lake Lure.

Ed Broyhill, a North Carolina GOP national committee member,
who owns a home on the lake, said the community has been
devastated by storm damage.

Lake Lure view from Broyhill home

Broyhill family home devastated in NC
James Broyhill walking on the dock of his family house on
Lake Lure, North Carolina.

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HOW TO HELP HURRICANE HELEN VICTIMS

Hurricane Helen Begins to Impact USA Coast with Severe Weather - YouTube

There are several ways you can help through the American
Red Cross
:

PHOTO Of McDonald's Restaurant In Perry Florida Damaged By Hurricane Helene
McDonald’s Restaurant In Perry Florida Damaged By
Hurricane Helene
.

American Red Cross | History, Clara Barton, Mission, & Facts | Britannica

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DEADLY HURRICANE HIT NEW ENGLAND

Eighty years ago Friday: Great hurricane of 1938 hit New England - The Boston Globe

Without warning, a powerful Category 3 hurricane slammed
into Long Island and southern New England, causing 600
total deaths and devastating coastal cities and towns.

Also called the Long Island Express, the Great New England
Hurricane of 1938 was the most destructive storm to strike
the region in the 20th century.

The officially unnamed hurricane was born out a tropical
cyclone that developed in the eastern Atlantic on September
10, 1938, near the Cape Verde Islands.

The Great 1938 Hurricane, A Once-In-A-Lifetime Storm - New England Historical Society

Gallery: Great New England Hurricane of 1938 | WJAR

Way Back When … 1938

The Great New England Hurricane of 1938

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