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Red Cross warns 28-day ‘move-on’ process is not enough time for asylum seekers to find new accommodation

Two months after wildfires devastated West Maui, officials announce ‘phased’ reopening as locals struggle to survive

A 6.8 magnitude earthquake struck southern Morocco on Sept. 8, 2023, causing widespread damage in mountain villages. Three days later, an unusually severe Mediterranean storm caused two poorly maintained Libyan dams to collapse, resulting in massive floods in and around the port city of Derna.

Countries across sub-Saharan Africa are experiencing multiple, overlapping crises. In Kenya, where drought is affecting millions, the Red Cross has supported more than 200,000 people as part of its response – providing access to life-saving humanitarian support

Northwestern Memorial Hospital and Rush University Medical Center officials say the shortage hasn’t touched them or affected surgical schedules. But both call on Chicagoans to donate blood and platelets.

Visuals from the rescue operations showed Red Cross workers tending to injured people near the athletics track

Natural disasters can happen anywhere with little to no notice. FEMA and the Red Cross say everybody should have an emergency go bag prepared.

Climbers fall while scaling southern slop of Mexico’s tallest mountain

The death toll from Maui's fires has surpassed 100. Many more were injured. Others fled without their prescription drugs. Getting victims the care they need has been tough. One doctor is stepping up.

Forty-one people are believed dead after a migrant boat capsized off Tunisia

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