disaster relief

Evangelical Christian humanitarian aid organization Samaritan’s Purse has set up bases in Albany Georgia and along the Florida Panhandle this week to aid residents who were affected by the monstrous Category 4 Hurricane, Michael.

Last weekend, Michael was a tropical storm in the Atlantic Ocean. It was barely a hurricane Tuesday morning, with winds of ninety miles per hour. As the Associated Press reports, “a little over a day later, it had transformed into a monster.” Its wind speed increased 72 percent in less than thirty-three hours.

Hurricane Michael hit Florida on Wednesday just shy of a category 5.

I had planned to lead today’s Daily Article with good news in the news. There has been so much unrest and chaos in recent headlines that it seemed appropriate to find something uplifting to report.

Hurricane Michael is expected to make landfall along the Florida Panhandle Gulf Coast on Wednesday.

On Saturday night, a 5.9 magnitude earthquake struck Haiti near Port-de-Paix.

On Friday, Indonesia was hit with a massive 7.5 magnitude earthquake that triggered a tsunami with waves reaching up to 20 feet. As of Tuesday, the death toll is around 1,350 people and climbing.

Wednesday afternoon October 3, Indonesia was struck with yet another disaster as a volcano on Sulawesi, one of the Indonesian islands, erupted. According to the Associated Press, Mount Soputan started spewing ash nearly 20,000 feet into the sky. Experts are saying this could be a direct result of the earthquake that happened last week.

As a result of this recent string of disasters on the Indonesian islands, thousands of people have either died or been displaced. The government is now calling for international aid as they race the clock to save lives and honor religious traditions. Incredibly, this story has received relatively little mainstream coverage in the Western hemisphere.

Here are five things you need to know about Indonesia and the Earthquake/Tsunami, including details, demographics, and what you can do to help!

Authorities found some 34 bodies of children in an Indonesian church after an earthquake and tsunami pummeled an Indonesian island Friday.

A deadly 7.5 magnitude earthquake and a tsunami with waves as high as twenty feet, struck Indonesia on Friday, leaving at least 840 people dead and thousands homeless.

A Chick-fil-A in North Carolina opened its doors on Sunday despite its closed-on Sunday policy, to serve first responders and Hurricane Florence evacuees.