Recent tornadoes and flooding throughout Kansas and Western Missouri have stretched the limits of money designated for disaster relief at both the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army, reports The Wichita Eagle.
Andrea Anglin, a spokeswoman for the Midway-Kansas Chapter of the American Red Cross, said that while that organization has enough money for smaller disasters such as local house fires, relief money is badly needed for the tornadoes that have hit northeast Kansas and the flooding that has inundated the Midwest.
She estimates that the Red Cross will need $30-million to meet the needs of people affected by the tornadoes and flooding and added, “That doesn’t include what could happen tomorrow.”
As of the middle of last week, the Red Cross had raised $13-million in cash and pledges, Ms. Anglin said.






