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Article: American Red Cross' AmeriCorps Members Respond to Devastation in Arkansas
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- January 23, 1999
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Twenty-two members of the
AmeriCorps program assigned to the American Red Cross are assisting
tornado victims in Arkansas after a series of violent tornadoes and
funnel clouds tore across Arkansas on Thursday night. News reports
indicate five people, including a baby, are dead in Arkansas.
The American Red Cross is continuing to provide shelter and meals
to Arkansas residents left homeless because of killer tornadoes
Thursday. Red Cross damage assessment teams, including trained
AmeriCorps members, began a detailed assessment of the destruction
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