Disaster Aid USA is deploying Louisiana & Ohio Teams 1st, then the Texas team will follow. Backhoe and Chainsaw teams are deploying now to MS. We will be clearing roads and debris off homes. Teams will also be tarping roofs of homes still livable. We are coordinating with the local EOC, Churches and Rotary Clubs. This is our 13th year responding to domestics disasters. We are all volunteers and according to our bylaws money raised for a this disaster will be spent on this disaster only
A F4 Tornado 1 mile wide and path over 00 mile touched down in Rolling Fork Ms and moved Northeast devasting communities along its Path. Estimates that 85% of Rolling Fork has been destroyed, with 23 dead in the path.
Immediately will clear debris from the roads, Neighborhood and homes. Most homeowner in this area will not have the funds are equipment to do this themselves. We will also provide solar lights that recharge phone and family water filters as the infrastructure is down We will also tarp roofs and help survivors recover anything they can. After the response phases is over we will switch gears and move in to recover and rebuild phases. ,meeting the need of the survivors and community.
We will work with Rotary clubs and churches to assess the long-term needs which will be many including shelter, clean water, and helping to rebuild. According to the latest U.S. Census Bureau figures for Rolling Fork, located in Mississippi's Lower Delta with a population of roughly 2,000, more than 80 percent of residents are Black and about 21 percent live below the poverty line - a rate higher than the state average. Roughly 30 percent of residents live in mobile homes, census data shows.
