Hurricane Laura Updates

Posted Thursday August 27, 2020 by Greg Smith

Louisiana, Texas, Haiti – Hurricane Laura Updates

Disaster Relief in Louisiana and Texas: I’m waiting for an update from our contacts in the Churches of Christ along the Gulf Coast – as soon as I hear back something I’ll let you know what the needs are in terms of volunteers or otherwise.

In the meantime – here are a few photos from Port-au-Prince, courtesy of Reuters:

A man removes mud outside of a store after the passage of Tropical Storm Laura. Torrents of water carrying rocks down the mountain barreled through this marketplace, destroying the warehouses where many vendors were sleeping.
Women recover goods from a house destroyed by Tropical Storm Laura.
Residents take buckets with water out of a house that’s been flooded by Tropical Storm Laura.
Residents begin cleaning up debris from the passage of Tropical Storm Laura.
A man reacts in front of the body of his mother, who died during the passage of Tropical Storm Laura.