Samaritan's Purse volunteers helping after the storm

Franklin Graham Update: May 2023

Helping Amid the Storms

Dear ‌Friend,

Entire towns disappeared and dozens of lives were lost when ferocious tornadoes tore across the Southeast and Midwest in the first two weeks of spring.

Franklin Graham visits Mississippi to comfort those that were impacted by the storms

My wife, Jane Austin, and I went to Mississippi to pray with survivors, to meet with local leaders, and to see how Samaritan's Purse can help. Meanwhile, we deployed five of our disaster relief units to storm-stricken towns from Arkansas to Indiana. It seems like Tornado Alley has become an expressway, with more than 300 twisters reported this year. Our teams have helped in three locations in Mississippi (Rolling Fork, Silver City, and Amory), two in Arkansas (Little Rock and Wynne), two in Tennessee (Covington and Savannah), as well as in Indiana (Sullivan County) and Oklahoma (Shawnee). At the same time, we also deployed teams to help flood victims in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Earlier this year, we responded to tornadoes in Alabama (Selma) and Georgia (Griffin). ...

Sincerely,