Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief teams are preparing to leave Thursday morning (July 11) for Huffman, Texas, to help with cleanup from Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall in Texas early yesterday (July 8).
As it moved inland, Beryl dumped massive amounts of rain and toppled trees, killing three people and leaving millions without power. On Monday night, it weakened from a Category 1 hurricane to a tropical storm and later a tropical depression but has continued to spew tornados along its path.
Mark Wakefield, state disaster relief strategist, said the Huffman community just northeast of Houston has a lot of trees down. He’s working to assemble chainsaw crews to head out on Thursday. Admin and feeding teams are already set to go, he said.
“Our volunteer leaders — those folks are top notch because they’re ready at a drop of a hat to get volunteers mobilized and out there,” he said. “Our folks love to help.”
‘Stretched thin’
Wakefield said disaster relief leaders in Texas told him that teams “west of the Mississippi” were stretched thin helping with the wildfires and flash floods in New Mexico in addition to Beryl relief.
Several disaster relief teams from the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention have already deployed to help their fellow Texans. Texans on Mission were also working, Wakefield said.
Send Relief is also assessing the needs for aid in the Caribbean, where Beryl plowed through as a Category 5 hurricane late last week, as well as Mexico, where it hit after it weakened before moving on to Texas.
For more information on how you can help Alabama Baptist Disaster Relief as they come alongside those affected by Hurricane Beryl, visit sbdr.org.
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