Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting 11 dioceses located in the path of Hurricane Florence.
Hurricane Florence, called extremely dangerous by the National Hurricane Center, is speeding toward the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, prompting evacuation orders for more than 1.5 million people.
Episcopal Relief & Development is supporting affected dioceses in Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. and on potential response efforts. The U.S. disaster team has begun conducting daily coordination calls to assist dioceses located in the path of the hurricane as they prepare.
The team is training dioceses to use AlertMedia, a cloud-based tool that enables staff and congregational leaders to share assessment information with diocesan leadership. AlertMedia sends notifications through email, phone calls, and SMS.
Adapted from Episcopal Relief & Development
Matthew Townsend is a Halifax-based freelance journalist and volunteer advocate for survivors of sexual misconduct in Anglican settings. He served as editor of the Anglican Journal from 2019 to 2021 and communications missioner for the Anglican Diocese of Quebec from 2019 to 2022. He and his wife recently entered catechism class in the Orthodox Church in America.
