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Three days after Hurricane Ida made landfall as a category 4 storm in Louisiana Sunday, torrential rain deluged the East Coast, triggering deadly flooding and wreaking havoc.
As of Thursday morning,at least 22 people were killed in the storm from Maryland to New York, while Ida has been linked to at least five deaths Mississippi and Louisiana, perCNN.
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The National Hurricane Center has since downgraded Ida to apost-tropical cyclone, and PresidentJoe Bidenplans to visit Louisiana Friday to assess the damage, according to theAP.
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American Red Cross
The American Red Cross is accepting funds to help in Hurricane Ida relief efforts. Head to theirwebsiteto make a donation.
GoFundMe
GoFundMe has a dedicatedfundraising pagefor Ida victims.
The Salvation Army
The Salvation Army has responded to many storm-related disasters, and provides “food, drinks, shelter, emotional and spiritual care and other emergency services to survivors and rescue workers.” You can send a donation through their website.
World Central Kitchen
The WCK said in a statement that they plan to expand their deliveries to more impacted neighborhoods, and you can donate to the grouphere.
Project HOPE
The humanitarian relief organization has sent medical volunteers and hygiene supplies, including must-have N95 masks as COVID-19 cases surge in Louisiana. Donors can give specifically to Ida relief here on their website.
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United Way of Southeast Louisiana
The organization has established the Hurricane Ida Relief Fund to support immediate relief and long-term recovery, including grants, for affected communities, and donations to the cause can be made here.
Minuteman Disaster Response
TheMinuteman Disaster Responseis a nonprofit group dedicated to providing assistance in the “immediate aftermath of a disaster.” According to the group, their volunteers undergo basic training including resource management, debris cleanup, first aid, command structure and other skills.
Minuteman primarily services Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Oklahoma, and sent out a rapid response team to Hurricane Ida-impacted areas on Sunday.
“It’s another opportunity to serve people. Certainly, we don’t want to see people harmed or their property damaged and we pray that’s the case, but in case it’s not, we’ll be there to help out however that we can,” executive director Matt Payne told KXAS.
You can donate funds to the grouphere.
Texas Baptist Men
Texas Baptist Men planned to send 75 people to Louisiana on Monday morning, according toKXAS.
“As the sun rises, assessors will be on the ground, looking at cities, looking at needs, and we will be guiding these volunteers while they’re en route,” spokesman John Hall said.
The faith-based group, which was founded in 1967, is accepting donationshere.
source: people.com
