Denver, Colo., Apr 29, 2011 / 12:22 pm
Catholic Charities is appealing for help for families in southern states after a series of devastating storms killed over 300 people.
Tornadoes have “ripped out entire communities” in the past few days, Catholic Charities disaster operations head Kim Burgo told CNA. “Our agencies are working very hard to provide immediate basic needs – food, water, clothing.”
Burgo explained that within the last two weeks, storms started in the midwest “and just moved across the country as we all watched it.”
“Immediately hit was of course, all of Arkansas and then moving over through Tennessee and Mississippi on to Alabama and then Georgia,” she said, “so we're looking at a number of catholic charities affected in these areas.”