Sentences with phrase «as hurricane shelters»

«A school district sometimes uses its schools to serve as hurricane shelters for communities.

Miami public radio explored reasons why charter schools don't serve as hurricane shelters.

Not exact matches

Startups are finding innovative ways to bring food, shelter, and transportation to victims of the hurricanes, wildfires, and tornados that ravaged parts of the U.S. last year, as well as improve safety for those caught in other types of disasters and emergency situations.

From donating desperately - needed supplies and funds, to pitching in with hands - on debris clean - up, to offering up space as emergency shelter and beyond, businesses heeded the call to help thousands of individuals displaced and otherwise affected by the devastating massive recent hurricanes and the floods they precipitated.

As part of their efforts to assist animals impacted by Hurricane Irma, the ASPCA is providing Miami - Dade Animal Services with sheltering assistance and helped facilitate the transport of hundreds of displaced homeless animals from Miami area shelters to the West Coast.

As Hurricane Irma barreled toward Florida, homeless and abandoned youth living at Covenant House Florida in Fort Lauderdale hurried to seek shelter inland.

Puerto Ricans are burrowed inside shelters, cement bunkers, and boarded - up houses as Hurricane Maria, a Category 5 storm still gathering strength, whirls toward the US territory.

Donald Trump Jr. fired back at liberal filmmaker Michael Moore, who questioned whether Mar - a-Lago had opened as a shelter when Hurricane Irma hit the state, noting it's located on an island and in a mandatory evacuation zone, «probably not the best idea, but you know, narrative!»

Residents seek shelter inside Roberto Clemente Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico, early on September 20, 2017, as Hurricane Maria passes the island.

Managers of Tallahassee's Kearney Center are sheltering up to 400 Big Bend homeless residents per night and expecting 20 to 50 more as Hurricane Irma approaches.

As deadline approaches Cuomo extends transitional sheltering program for two weeks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on February 21 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at the request of the State of New York, has approved a 14 - day extension to the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible survivors from Hurricane Sandy whosheltering program for two weeks Governor Andrew M. Cuomo announced on February 21 that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), at the request of the State of New York, has approved a 14 - day extension to the Transitional Sheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible survivors from Hurricane Sandy whoSheltering Assistance (TSA) program, which allows eligible survivors from Hurricane Sandy who -LSB-...]

With winds of 160 miles per hour (266 km per hour), the Category 5 hurricane had western Mexico on high alert, with the popular resort of Puerto Vallarta and others on the coast opening emergency shelters as hotels were closed.

Staff who took shelter at the observatory were well - prepared for the treacherous storm, which made landfall as a Category 4 hurricane and engulfed the island with floods and heavy winds.

In the summer of 1502, during his final American voyage, for example, Columbus commanded his fleet to the shelter of an island, now home to Haiti, as a hurricane tore through.

Education reporting on the hurricane recovery efforts in Texas and Florida was steady and strong, including this Washington Post piece about kids returning to school and a Miami Herald piece about school workers doing double duty at 42 schools operating as shelters.

Right now, every district school in the state has to be built to serve as a potential hurricane shelter.

Modular Homes Might Not Be A «Shore» Thing by Steve Viuker As summer winds down and the first anniversary of hurricane Sandy approaches, residents of affected areas are scrambling for shelter to be built.

The city of Dallas says state officials have asked them to prepare The Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center as a mega shelter to house Hurricane Harvey evacuees seeking safety from the deluge of rain and rising floodwaters along the Texas Gulf Coast.

Veterinary technicians will be celebrating NVTW in a variety of ways: Technicians will volunteer at shelters, organize fundraisers as many organizations are still collecting funds to offset the expenses they incurred helping animals and their owners affected by the hurricanes last year.

In the event you need a place to take your furry friends Tampa Bay Animal and Bird Hospitals locations such as Temple Terrace, North Bay, and Pebble Creek Animal and Bird are Hillsborough County approved hurricane shelters.

Using these rescue vehicles as operating bases, American Humane deploys to the sites of severe floods, earthquakes, and hurricanes, among other natural disasters, where our first responders work tirelessly on the ground to locate, shelter, and provide veterinary care to vulnerable animals in need.

By fostering or adopting an animal from your local shelter, you will be helping the Hurricane Harvey and Irma relief efforts. Adopt-a-Pet.com has launched Foster a Hurricane Pet for people looking to find temporary homes for their animals, as well as people looking to foster an animal impacted by the hurricanes.

No - kill means saving shelter animals» lives every day, as well as following disasters like Hurricane Harvey.

Back - to - back hurricanes packed the nonprofit shelter in Boca Raton to capacity, as people unable or unwilling to provide for their pets during the storms abandoned them there.

Even as Hurricane Nate landed in Mississippi this weekend, groups were radically expanding their capacity to receive, shelter and place a stream of animals expected to continue for months.

As residents of areas that have been affected by the hurricane continue to assess the aftermath of Sandy, shelter and rescue groups have put out the call for assistance.

Chicago shelters and rescue groups are opening their doors as Houston animal shelters try to clear space for all the pets stranded by Hurricane Harvey.The groups are taking animals, mostly dogs and cats, that were already in Houston - area shelters before the storm hit Friday.

Regardless of the circumstance, our Emergency Rescue Team is always ready at a moment's notice when lives are on the line — so when we received a call from a shelter partner in Texas asking for support as they continue to recover from Hurricane Harvey — we didn't hesitate to act.

From helping animals displaced by Hurricane Sandy to leading efforts to establish community cat programs and high - quality, high - volume spay / neuter clinics, Dr. Sarah Kirk is an animal welfare and shelter medicine leader, and has worked her entire career as a shelter veterinarian, consultant, and emergency responder, most recently as the Medical Director of the ASPCA Field Investigation and Response emergency team.

As part of the 2017 NADPD campaign, Hill's employees created 5,000 pet emergency go - kits and donated them to shelter partners in disaster prone areas across the U.S. Shelters used these kits to underscore the importance of pet preparedness, and some even handed out kits to pet families evacuating from Houston in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

As we all know, Hurricane Harvey devastated Texas and put all the Southern shelters in distress, desperate for help.

As more animals impacted by Hurricane Harvey enter the shelter, A Life to Live will continue to do all it can to rescue as many as possiblAs more animals impacted by Hurricane Harvey enter the shelter, A Life to Live will continue to do all it can to rescue as many as possiblas many as possiblas possible.

As Animal League America and its partners in animal welfare continue to rescue and care for animals displaced by Hurricane Sandy, Greg has spent nearly every day at the emergency animal shelter at Mitchell Field, where over 200 animals have found shelter since the storm hit on Sunday, October 28.

Here's a #PUPDATE that will melt your heart: From living as a stray pup on the streets, being evacuated from the shelter when Hurricane Harvey made landfall, becoming a SNIPSA pup and living with her foster mom, to getting herself a first class seat on a one way trip...

«As soon as the hurricane hit, we knew that shelters in Texas would need support and we offered our help,» says Kristi Brooks, director of operations at CAAs soon as the hurricane hit, we knew that shelters in Texas would need support and we offered our help,» says Kristi Brooks, director of operations at CAas the hurricane hit, we knew that shelters in Texas would need support and we offered our help,» says Kristi Brooks, director of operations at CAT.

As in all hurricane rescue efforts between shelters, these animals were in shelters before the storms hit.

UPDATE (09/19/17): Our team of 6 is on their sixth day of assisting at the ASPCA's 40,000 - square - foot emergency shelter and transport hub in Duncan, South Carolina, which is serving as a safe place for hundreds of Florida shelter animals displaced by Hurricane Irma.

Carroll, who was in Houston during Harvey's devastation, said it was hard to watch families leave their pets at shelters as the hurricane hit and during the immediate aftermath.

Seems like the shelter was using the hurricane as an excuse to rid itself of unwanted dogs...... but why puppies, which generally do find homes?

As we prepare to provide assistance to our shelter partners affected by Hurricane Matthew in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina, we know we can't do any of it without you.

As Hurricane Harvey barreled down on Texas, animal advocate John Van Zante was working to clwork helping to help clear a Louisiana shelter of 105 pets while worrying about his niece in Galveston.

When I adopted two kittens from a shelter a couple of weeks ago — both as adorable as anything can possibly be, but with the relentless destructive energy of two tiny hurricanes — I didn't realize that I was bucking a trend: America's pet population is dropping, apparently (like so many things today) a casualty of our uncertain economy.

Chicago shelters and rescue groups are opening their doors as Houston animal shelters try to clear space for all the pets stranded by Hurricane Harvey.

How Zilly (the «un-pug») came to CPR... Zilly was surrendered to the local shelter just as Hurricane Irma was nearing Florida.

The Miami Heat cools life off for animals in Miami shelters to make room for those displaced as a result of Hurricane Irma.

Birds are sheltered inside the Melvin J. and Claire Levine Animal Care Complex at the Palm Beach Zoo as it prepares for Hurricane Irma Thursday, September 7, 2017.

From living as a stray pup on the streets, being evacuated from the shelter when Hurricane Harvey made landfall, becoming a SNIPSA pup and living with her foster mom, to getting herself a first class seat on a one way trip to New Jersey where she would be greeted and absolutely adored by her new furever family - I'd say Jozy is definitely going to be living the good life now!

Sadly, though, animals continue to pour in the door, leaving the staff at the Cumberland County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in a constant whirlwind of trying to address the needs of thousands of cats and dogs.Our cages and kennels have been completely filled all summer long, and now, with the hurricanes in Texas and Florida, our options to move animals out to other organizations have dried up as those shelters and rescues are trying to absorb thousands of displaced animals from those disaster areas.

Hurricane Irma was classified as a category five hurricane and has left over 75,000 people seeking refuge, shelter, and in need of clothes Hurricane Irma was classified as a category five hurricane and has left over 75,000 people seeking refuge, shelter, and in need of clothes hurricane and has left over 75,000 people seeking refuge, shelter, and in need of clothes and food.

The streets of Miami, Florida were mostly empty as thousands of people huddled in shelters or battened - down homes as Hurricane Irma approached.