Yesterday afternoon severe storms swept across southeastern Virginia resulting in three confirmed tornadoes in Suffolk, Petersburg/Colonial Heights, and near Lawrence in Brunswick County. The storms caused over 200 injuries, damaged homes and businesses, and left approximately 9,000 people without power.
As of 9 a.m. this morning, the local Red Cross response consists of the following:
- The Suffolk Chapter of the Red Cross will be offering supply assistance.
- Southeastern Virginia Chapter has deployed an Emergency Response Vehicle (ERV) to provide canteening services.
- We have disaster assessment teams gathering damage info.
- We have Health Services staff on standby.
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1 Tornadoes in Southeaster Virginia - (reposted from Red Cross Chat) « American Red Cross - Rock River Chapter Blog // Apr 29, 2008 at 9:25 pm
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