Tornado Damage Comes to Light

Food and emotional support are the first steps to ensuring that tornado victims are on the road to recovery

By Maya Pai, Communications Associate, National Headquarters

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 — As Red Cross worker Amanda Christopher drove into the Burnett's Mill neighborhood just outside Suffolk, Virginia, early today, the full extent of the damage caused by Monday's powerful storms became apparent. The morning sun revealed that hundreds of homes and business had sustained heavy damage, and the need for American Red Cross relief services was evident.