CONVOY OF HOPE RESPONDS TO TORNADOES

least 30 tornadoes touched down across Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Texas from March 24 through March 27, impacting dozens of communities. During the Friday storms, an EF4 carved a 59-mile path across four Mississippi counties and took 16 lives. An hour later, another Mississippi twister, an EF3, killed three people in its 29-mile path. In all, 22 people died.

Convoy of Hope responded immediately, with relief supplies en route to the hardest-hit areas. Additional team members with equipment and relief supplies were deployed Monday, March 27.

Within weeks, more than 168,000 pounds of resources were distributed to thousands of people in need.

“This will not be a short-term relief and recovery effort,” says President Hal Donaldson. “People have lost everything they owned. Together, we can bring love, we can bring hope, to families who just need to know that someone cares.”

A second storm system brought more than 50 tornadoes the following weekend and killed 32 people. In Arkansas, the most severely impacted state, the town of Wynne was cut in half by one twister that killed four people.

Convoy of Hope expanded its tornado response, serving about 13,000 people in drive-thru and mobile distributions in North Little Rock and Jacksonville, Arkansas. Loads of supplies were also sent to the towns of Whiteland and Sullivan in Indiana and to Covington, Tennessee.

Another tornado took five lives in Missouri on April 5. Convoy distributed more than 13,600 pounds of relief supplies, assisting more than 700 survivors. Convoy will continue to help communities recover from any future storms.