Red Cross Responds to Baxterville Tornado
January 18, 2012 in News, South MS
Pascagoula, Miss.—American Red Cross South Mississippi Chapter volunteers are working closely with a family whose home was destroyed earlier this afternoon by a tornado in Baxterville located in Marion County, Miss. Red Cross caseworkers will help the family determine their immediate needs for lodging, clothing and food. Red Cross will also offer emotional support.
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- A neighbor of a homeowner whose mobile home was destroyed by the January 17, 2012 tornado in Baxterville, Miss., looks at the cinderblock and metal strapping remains just yards away from where the tornado dropped the structure in the woods. The homeowner, who was in the dwelling at the time, survived. Red Cross South Mississippi Chapter volunteers responded within hours and worked closely with the family to determine their immediate needs for lodging, clothing, food and emotional support. – Photo credit: Martha Duvall, ARC Communications Officer, South Mississippi Chapter
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- A family friend of the homeowner looks in astonishment at the devastation resulting a late afternoon tornado that touched-down in Baxterville, Miss. The homeowner, who was in the dwelling at the time, survived. Red Cross South Mississippi Chapter volunteers responded within hours and worked closely with the family to determine their immediate needs for lodging, clothing, food and emotional support. – Photo credit: Martha Duvall, ARC Communications Officer, South Mississippi Chapter
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- American Red Cross South Mississippi Chapter readiness and response manager Brett Montague talks with property owner Eddie Pritchett the morning after a devastating tornado hit Baxterville in Marion County, Miss. Pritchett’s daughter’s home was destroyed after a tornado ripped her mobile home from its lashing and dropped it yards away in the piney woods on January 17, 2012. Red Cross volunteers worked closely with the family to determine their immediate needs for lodging, clothing, food and emotional support. – Photo credit: Martha Duvall, ARC Communications Officer, South Mississippi Chapter
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- American Red Cross South Mississippi Chapter readiness and response manager Brett Montague talks with representatives from NOAA’s National Weather Service, the Marion County EMA and the landowner about the January 17, 2012 tornado that destroyed a mobile home in Baxterville, Miss. Red Cross volunteers worked closely with the family to determine their immediate needs for lodging, clothing, food and emotional support. – Photo credit: Martha Duvall, ARC Communications Officer, South Mississippi Chapter
About the American Red Cross:
The American Red Cross shelters, feeds and provides emotional support to victims of disasters; supplies nearly half of the nation’s blood; teaches lifesaving skills; provides international humanitarian aid; and supports military members and their families. The Red Cross is a charitable organization — not a government agency — and depends on volunteers and the generosity of the American public to perform its mission. For more information, please visit www.mississippi-redcross.org.
All Red Cross disaster assistance is free, made possible by voluntary donations of time and money from the American people. You can help the victims of disaster events in Mississippi and thousands of other disasters across the country each year by making a financial gift to American Red Cross Disaster Relief which enables the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, counseling and other assistance to those in need. To make contributions, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or donate online at www.mississippi-redcross.org
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