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Hurricane Relief

Hurricane Relief

When a hurricane or tropical storm strikes, your donation helps the Red Cross provide shelter, food and comfort to families. When a hurricane or tropical storm strikes, your donation helps the Red Cross provide shelter, food and comfort to families.

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If you are in immediate need of help, please contact your local Red Cross » or find an open shelter »

How Your Hurricane Relief Donation Helps Affected Communities

Your hurricane relief donation helps communities before, during and after a hurricane. Your donation gives us the tools to:

Red Cross volunteer moves a pallet of water.

Stock supplies in preparation for hurricane victims

A Red Cross volunteer sets up cots in shelter

Establish safe shelters for public safety

Two boys wrapped in a Red Cross blanket at a shelter.

Provide shelter and food until families can return home

A Red Cross volunteer in a disater relief truck handing out emergency supplies.

Hand out water, food and emergency supplies to affected neighborhoods

A Red Cross volunteer assisting a woman with medical care.

Provide medical care for anyone in need

A smiling Red Cross volunteer hugging kids outside.

Give guidance, hope and comfort to the community

A Red Cross volunteer gives family impacted by hurricane clean up supplies.

Provide clean up supplies

A Red Cross volunteer assesses the damage in impacted neighborhoods.

Assess damage in impacted neighborhoods

A Red Cross volunteer talking to a woman while writing information on a notepad.

Work with families in developing recovery plans.

Help us do our critical hurricane relief work by making a disaster relief donation today.

Recent Hurricane and Typhoon Relief Efforts

Red Cross volunteers after Hurricanes Milton and Helene

Hurricanes Milton and Helene

A Red Cross volunteer surveys a flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Debby

Hurricane Debby

Hurricane Ian

Hurricane Ida

Hurricanes Eta, Zeta, Delta, Sally, Laura and Marco

Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Barry

Hurricane Florence

Hurricane Michael

Hurricane Harvey

Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Maria

Other Hurricane and Typhoon Responses

Be Prepared for Hurricanes

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Help people affected by disasters big and small.