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We are supporting people affected by tornadoes that hit Houston and surrounding areas, we are a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving the needs of the Houston community. We are providing housing assistance, food, clothing and other essential to families affected by this tragedy. We are committed to making a positive impact on the lives of those around us. By supporting Opulent Philanthropy Inc., you are supporting your community and helping to build a brighter future for all.
Houston and surrounding areas Relief Fund:
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this massacre.
Here's how your donation can help:
$50 Will provide much needed food to families that lost everything
$100 Will provide clothing and other essential needs to the families of this tragedy.
$300 Will provide housing assistance to families needing help to relocate and find shelter.
Multiple tornadoes tore through the Houston area on Saturday, marking the second time this week that the region has been hit by severe weather.
Early Saturday, tornadoes were reported in multiple areas surrounding the Texas city home to more than 2 million people, including Brazoria County and the small cities of Cleveland and Katy. One death was reported in northern Brazoria County, along with four noncritical injuries.
By 5 p.m. ET, all tornado warnings and watches in the Houston area ended, with the National Weather Service issuing a rare “particularly dangerous situation” tornado watch for parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas until 9 p.m. CT as the storms move east. That type of warning only occurs when "long-lived, strong and violent tornadoes" are possible.
Footage of the aftermath from a tornado in Porter, Texas, which lies to the north of Houston, shows widespread damage to houses and buildings, with debris scattered across fields. Additional footage of a tornado in Katy shows it rapidly swirling debris in the air.
One resident in Porter described how after the tornado, a house in her neighborhood "is like gone."
“The next one, the roof is completely off. Electrical poles are down on Porter Lane. It just kept going, causing so much destruction," they added.
Another resident who experienced damage in their neighborhood of Katy described the storm as a "scary three minutes."
Daniel Davis, the mayor of Manvel, a small city in Brazoria County, also said a tornado that passed through destroyed homes, schools, and businesses.
“There are a lot of people without power, and especially over in that area and the county, while people are on wells and septic," he added.
The severe storms follow several tornadoes in the Houston area on Thursday, including in El Campo, to the west of Houston. They come as many are traveling for the holiday season, with Christmas concluding earlier in the week and New Year's Day just four days away.
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Emergency Relief Fund: Providing food, water, shelter, and other necessities to families impacted by the storm.
Debris removal and clean-up: Aiding communities in removing downed trees and other debris to clear roads and restore normalcy.
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this disaster.
Donate Now and Help
Here's how your donation can help:
$25 can provide a care package with essential supplies for a family in need.
$25 can provide shelter to displaced animals by the storm.
$50 can help ensure a family displaced by the storm has access to food and shelter.
$100 can contribute to debris removal efforts, making neighborhoods safe and accessible again.
We also accept DAF, Stock and Cryptocurrency on our website www.opulentusa.org/texas
Reminder: Employees submit match request for monetary donations. If your employer requires an Employer Identification Number (EIN) 45-3088713
HOUSTON – On Sunday evening, Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo warned residents of the possible danger ahead of Tropical Storm Beryl making landfall on the Texas Coast Monday morning.
As Tropical Storm Beryl approaches, Southeast Texas is already experiencing significant rainfall from the storm’s outer bands.
The initial line of storms, moving south to north, has passed through areas from north of The Woodlands to Sealy, bringing significant rainfall.
Beryl is currently a tropical storm with 65 mph winds, moving northwest at 10 mph. The storm is expected to make landfall near Matagorda Bay around 2:00 a.m., potentially as a Category 1 hurricane. By 8:00 a.m., hurricane-force winds could affect areas along I-10, including Columbus, Katy, and Houston.
Houston’s primary threats include flooding and tornadoes, with the most severe weather expected between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 a.m. The storm will continue to impact the region through the morning, clearing by the afternoon. Future cast models show continuous rain bands until late evening, with heavy rain expected in Houston and south of I-10 around 2:00 a.m.
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Emergency Relief Fund: Providing food, water, shelter, and other necessities to families impacted by the storm.
Debris removal and clean-up: Aiding communities in removing downed trees and other debris to clear roads and restore normalcy.
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this disaster.
Donate Now and Help
Here's how your donation can help:
$25 can provide a care package with essential supplies for a family in need.
$25 can provide shelter to displaced animals by the storm.
$50 can help ensure a family displaced by the storm has access to food and shelter.
$100 can contribute to debris removal efforts, making neighborhoods safe and accessible again.
We also accept DAF, Stock and Cryptocurrency on our website www.opulentusa.org/texas
Reminder: Employees submit match request for monetary donations. If your employer requires an Employer Identification Number (EIN) 45-3088713
Seven people died in Texas and more than 100 were injured as the severe weather swept through the state, Gov. Greg Abbott said at a news conference Sunday evening.
Abbott said 106 counties in Texas were under disaster declarations.
More than 200 homes or structures were destroyed and another 120 were damaged, Texas officials said.
Video shows Cooke County residents hiding in a Shell gas station as a tornado hit the area Saturday night. The tornado begins to tear apart the building with residents scrambling for safety.
No one inside the gas station was killed, according to WFAA.
Abbott mourned those who were killed in the storms, saying, "There's only one thing that cannot be rebuilt, and that's a loss of life -- That's why we always stress to everybody, whatever you do in any type of storm, put life first."
A 2-year-old and a 5-year-old from the same family were killed in Cooke County, Texas, officials said. The children were among the seven people who were killed in the area, which is north of Dallas.
The tornado that battered Cooke County was preliminarily rated an EF-2 with winds up to 135 mph.
The storm tore through a roadside travel center near Valley View, Texas, before continuing through a community of manufactured homes, according to Cooke County Sheriff Ray Sappington.
More than 60 people were injured
Most of those fatalities occurred at the nearby FRF Estates in Valley View, a community of manufactured homes about 60 miles northwest of Dallas, according to Sappington.
He said emergency response crews were combing the development for survivors Sunday morning amid "major damage."
Another hard-hit area was the Gateway AP Travel Center in Valley View, where many people pulled off the road to seek shelter in the parking lot or in the truck stop's restrooms and 60 to 80 people were injured at the facility.
It would really help if people just stayed away right now, gave us a few hours to get our search and rescue done," Sappington said. "I know some people were out of the area and trying to get back, but it's dangerous out there. Power lines are down. There have been reports of gas leaks. It's just dangerous right now. Just give us some time to do what we need to do. We're trying to still rescue people. The best thing people can do right now is give us a little time."
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Emergency Relief Fund: Providing food, water, shelter, and other necessities to families impacted by the storm.
Debris removal and clean-up: Aiding communities in removing downed trees and other debris to clear roads and restore normalcy.
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this disaster.
Donate Now and Help
Here's how your donation can help:
$25 can provide a care package with essential supplies for a family in need.
$25 can provide shelter to displaced animals by the storm.
$50 can help ensure a family displaced by the storm has access to food and shelter.
$100 can contribute to debris removal efforts, making neighborhoods safe and accessible again.
We also accept DAF, Stock and Cryptocurrency on our website www.opulentusa.org/texas
Reminder: Employees submit match request for monetary donations. If your employer requires an Employer Identification Number (EIN) 45-3088713
Houston tornado left 4 dead and knocked out power to more than 1 million. A line of severe thunderstorms swept through southeastern Texas and Louisiana on Thursday, blasting the Houston area with ferocious winds that left at least four dead - including a mother of a newborn - and more than 1 million power customers without electricity.
Winds reported as high as 78 mph toppled trees, blew out windows of high-rise buildings and caused transmission towers holding power lines to crumble. The Harris County Sheriff’s Office and National Weather Service encouraged everyone to stay off the roads.
PowerOutage.us reported that more than 800,000 people in the Houston metro area lost power, but with nearby counties also dealing with outages, the state’s tally climbed to well over 1 million customers at the storm's peak. The line of storms eventually raced east into Louisiana, pummeling New Orleans with gusts of 84 mph and leaving over 200,000 in Louisiana without power.
Emergency Relief Fund: Providing food, water, shelter, and other necessities to families impacted by the storm.
Debris removal and clean-up: Aiding communities in removing downed trees and other debris to clear roads and restore normalcy.
Every contribution, big or small, will bring much-needed assistance to families struggling in the aftermath of this disaster.
Donate Now and Help
Here's how your donation can help:
$25 can provide a care package with essential supplies for a family in need.
$25 can provide shelter to displaced animals by the storm.
$50 can help ensure a family displaced by the storm has access to food and shelter.
$100 can contribute to debris removal efforts, making neighborhoods safe and accessible again.
We also accept DAF, Stock and Cryptocurrency on our website www.opulentusa.org/texas
Reminder: Employees submit match request for monetary donations. If your employer requires an Employer Identification Number (EIN) 45-3088713
A 31-year-old woman who had recently given birth to her fourth child was killed when a tree fell across their car in their driveway, according to FOX 26 Houston. The station reports the woman had concerns about the stability of the tree in the storm and had gone out to the car to move it out of the way when the tree toppled, pinning her inside.
A 73-year-old man was killed while working inside a cement truck when a crane toppled into the cab, FOX 26 reported.
"We had a storm with 100 mph winds — the equivalent of Hurricane Ike. (There's) considerable damage downtown," Whitmire said during a press conference Thursday night. "We had firefighters taking live wires off (Interstate) 290 that was blocking thoroughfares."
More storms were moving through the already saturated Houston area on Sunday, where flooding from heavy rains has led to the rescue of hundreds of people from homes, rooftops and roads.
“It’s going to be raining through the day and some of the storms could be producing the heavier downpours,” said National Weather Service meteorologist Hayley Adams.
Over the last, areas near Lake Livingston, located northeast of Houston, have gotten upwards of 20 inches (50 centimeters) of rain, she said, while there has been as much as 12 inches (30 centimeters) of rain in that period in areas of northeastern Harris County, the nation’s third-largest county that includes Houston.
Adams said the storms coming through Sunday were expected to bring up to 3 inches of rainfall, with up to 8 inches possible in some areas.
“It’s going to keep rising this way,” said Miguel Flores Jr., who lives in the northeast Houston neighborhood of Kingwood. “We don’t know how much more. We’re just preparing for the worst.”
Houston authorities have not reported any deaths or injuries as a wide region from Houston to rural East Texas has been swamped.
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