The American Red Cross is helping Texans as they return to their neighborhoods after Hurricane Beryl and will be there in the challenging weeks and months to come as people get back on their feet.

Red Cross disaster workers are helping people plan their next steps while continuing to provide emergency shelter and delivering supplies such as food, water and other critical support to people in need.

Sunday night, over 215 people stayed in 6 Red Cross and partner shelters seeking relief from the heat and hurricane damage. Hundreds of Red Crossers have provided some 76,000 meals and 1,200 cases of water to communities that were heavily impacted by Hurricane Beryl. Mobile teams have also provided 480 clean-up kits to help households kickstart their recovery.

RECOVERY After a disaster, no two roads to recovery are alike as different families face different obstacles. The Red Cross prioritizes financial assistance to help empower people to cover their most pressing needs.

Depending on the disaster, we may offer several different types of financial assistance to help eligible households recover. Financial assistance can help families with any number of urgent expenses such as clothing, lodging and transportation, to longer-term essentials such as replacing lost items, security deposits and home repairs.

Helping families and communities recover after a disaster is a team effort — no one organization can meet every need. We work closely with partners to address the most critical gaps and ensure people are not overlooked.

YOU CAN HELP Please click, text or call to help people affected by the Hurricane Beryl in the United States. To donate, visit redcross.org, call 1-800-RED CROSS (800-733-2767) or text BERYL to 90999. Your gift enables the Red Cross to prepare for, respond to and help people recover from this disaster.

CARIBBEAN RESPONSE Beryl left a trail of destruction across the Caribbean in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, Barbados and Jamaica.

Local Red Cross societies are currently leading the response efforts in each country. They are focused on the distribution of relief items and short-term shelter solutions to cover people’s immediate needs. Hygiene kits, water treatment kits, cleaning kits, kitchen sets, tarpaulins, blankets and mosquito nets have already been dispatched to the hardest hit islands to meet the immediate needs of the affected communities.

The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and its global Red Cross partners are also supporting relief efforts. The American Red Cross has deployed international crisis responders to Trinidad and Tobago and Jamaica to support of those affected by Hurricane Beryl in the Caribbean. These highly trained crisis responders are lending skills such as information management and operations leadership and are supporting on-the-ground relief efforts alongside local Red Cross teams.

See full July 22, 2024 report on the Red Cross website:

https://www.redcross.org/about-us/news-and-events/news/2024/red-cross-societies-respond-to-beryl.html