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Hurricane Helene and Milton Emergency Response Fund:
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this disaster.
Here's how your donation can help:
$200 can provide a care package with essential supplies for families in need.
$1,000 can help ensure displaced families have access to food and shelter.
$1,000 can contribute to debris removal efforts, making neighborhoods safe and accessible again.
Milton slams Florida: Hurricane Milton made landfall near Siesta Key, Florida, as a dangerous Category 3 storm and weakened to a Category 1 as it cut through the state and moved offshore. Deadly tornado outbreak: Four people have so far been confirmed dead in St. Lucie County following tornadoes there, county officials said. The state is anticipating more casualties, according to Gov. Ron DeSantis.
A thousand-year flood: Milton dropped more than 18 inches of rain on St. Petersburg, representing a more than a 1-in-1000-year rainfall event for the area.
Power outages and destructive wind: Milton, the third hurricane to hit Florida this year, has knocked out power for more than 3 million people in the state. Wind gust of 100 mph was recorded near Tampa. Milton ripped off the roof of Tropicana Field, which was set to be a makeshift shelter for first responders.
With all she had, Hurricane Helene slammed int Florida's coast late Thursday night, dumping heavy rain, forcing water rescues, and leaving millions without power.
Helene made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane about 11:10 p.m. ET near Perry, Florida, with 140 mph winds, the National Hurricane Center reported.
The storm, which now marks the first known Category 4 storm to hit Florida’s Big Bend region since records began in 1851, weakened to a tropical storm early Friday morning as it barreled through Georgia, causing life-threatening flooding in Atlanta and the Carolinas. As of the 11 am, Tropical Storm Helene was 30 miles south of Bryson City, North Carolina, with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph, moving north at 32 mph.
In Tampa Bay, one resident described seeing vanished beaches, boats crashed into homes, and businesses on fire.
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Ukraine Emergency Response Fund
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this disaster.
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$200 can provide a care package with essential supplies for families in need.
$1,000 can help ensure displaced families have access to food and shelter.
$10,000 can contribute to helping people rebuild communities destroyed by war.
The conflict is a stark reminder that individuals have little control over the course of history. No one knows that better than the 8 million Ukrainians who have been forced to flee homes and country for new lives in communities across Europe and beyond.
For millions of people less directly affected, the sudden shattering of Europe’s peace has brought uncertainty and anxiety.
More than 8 million have fled Ukraine in what the World Health Organization describes as "the largest movement of people in the European Region since the Second World War." Many have been involuntarily relocated by Russia. Others have put a strain on resources, as well as schools and hospitals, in Poland and Germany.
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Garza Emergency Response Fund
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The Gaza Strip, a small territory of about 139 square miles (360 square kilometers), or roughly the size of the city of Detroit, was already experiencing a severe humanitarian crisis before the current hostilities broke out. As a result of a sixteen-year blockade by Israel, more than half of all Gazans depend on international assistance for basic services. Additionally, some 80 percent of Gaza’s residents are considered refugees under international law, and Palestinians overall compose the largest stateless community in the world.
Israel’s military operations in response to Hamas’s attack have resulted in “colossal human suffering,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in January. As of February, Israel’s retaliation has killed 27,748 people and injured more than 66,800 others, according to the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health. (These figures could not be independently verified, but outside sources have also reported similar numbers.) More than 120 journalists and media workers have also been killed, as well as over 150 UN employees, the highest number of aid workers killed in any conflict in UN history.
Israel maintains a complete siege of Gaza, cutting off electricity and water, and supplies of food and medicine remain scarce. A December report by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, an initiative composed of independent international food security and nutrition experts, warned that an estimated more than 90 percent of Gaza’s population is facing crisis levels of food insecurity. Without fuel, meanwhile, Gaza’s only power station has gone dark. The lack of electricity has shut down desalination and waste-water treatment plants, further compromising access to safe drinking water.
Israel’s aerial bombardments have demolished neighborhoods, schools, and mosques; satellite imagery analyzed by the United Nations shows that approximately 30 percent of Gaza’s total structures have been destroyed or damaged. (Similar satellite imagery analysis by the BBC puts this number higher, at between 50 and 61 percent.) The Israeli military has said that Hamas has placed portions of its command network and military tunnel system below civilian infrastructure, including hospitals, which Israeli strikes have hit.
Gaza’s health system, which was reported to have collapsed in November 2023, remains crippled, with hospitals running extremely low on rationed fuel reserves and medical supplies. Northern Gaza’s two major hospitals have long greatly exceeded their capacity, and Nasser Hospital, the largest functioning medical facility in southern Gaza, is now unable to provide critical medical care. Health authorities have also warned of the growing risk of disease outbreaks as health conditions rapidly decline.
Gazans’ options for refuge are severely limited. As of January, some 75 percent of the territory’s population of more than two million have been displaced. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have fled bombing in the north, cramming inside the southern city of Rafah, considered the last designated safe zone for those seeking shelter. However, Israel’s defense minister announced in February that the Israeli military plans to expand its ground campaign into Rafah, now the strip’s most populous city. Aid groups say such a move could lead to a large-scale loss of life and place more pressure on neighboring countries to take in refugees, though Israeli officials have said they will coordinate with Egypt before any ground offensive takes place to evacuate displaced Palestinians northward.
Egypt, which shares the Rafah border crossing with Gaza and already hosts some 390,000 refugees and asylum seekers, primarily from around the region, is the only viable outlet left. The Egyptian government was initially reluctant to open the crossing following the outbreak of war. Since then, Israel has allowed aid trucks carrying water, food, fuel, and medical supplies to enter Gaza. (UN agencies have said that aid delivery has been hindered by ongoing fighting, a slow vetting process, and the lack of crossings into Gaza.) A few hundred foreign nationals and injured civilians have also been allowed to flee Gaza via the border crossing, which has temporarily closed several times due to Israeli strikes.
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