Devastating tornadoes hit Southeast Louisiana

Our thoughts are with those impacted by the powerful tornadoes that drove across Southeastern Louisiana yesterday. Although there was no loss of life, many families in this area have been devastated by the destruction of homes and businesses, as well as about thirty reports of injury. As a community, Tulane SPHTM is always at the ready to support victims of disaster, and that is as true as ever when the disaster hits so close to home.

We’ve asked the members of our community to reach out to us if they were personally affected by the tornadoes. We also encourage our community members to help in the relief and recovery by providing assistance to organizations such as these:

• The Greater New Orleans Foundation has a “Helping Our Neighbors: Tornado Relief” fund.
• United Way of Southeast Louisiana is accepting monetary donations and seeking volunteers. 
• The American Red Cross has ongoing disaster relief activities
• Second Harvest Food Bank is delivering emergency meals to the HOPE Food Pantry in New Orleans East and is also collecting nonperishable food items.