Flooding in central Texas has killed at least 80 people, many of them children. Search and rescue teams are still urgently hunting for survivors. (Photo by Gianrigo Marletta for AFP) As search and rescue operations continue following the catastrophic flooding in central Texas, the death toll has risen to at least 80, with many more …
News Topic: Environment
Annie Vu, Direct Relief’s Associate Director of U.S. Emergency Response, surveys the destroyed Micaville Health Center in western North Carolina in October 2024. Health center staff say the clinic, run by Mountain Community Health Partnership, will be rebuilt and a $200,000 grant from Direct Relief is supporting those efforts. (Photo by David Uttley for Direct …
Residents of London, Kentucky, dig through debris of roofless houses, some without walls, as they inspect the damage left by a tornado that killed at least 18 in the state. (Photo by Allison Joyce/AFP) A powerful storm system swept through the central United States on May 15–16, 2025, unleashing at least 22 tornadoes across multiple …