LCC Disaster Response Deploys on Sunday to Selma, Alabama, to Help in Recovery Efforts from Multiple Catastrophic Ef-3 Tornadoes

1/17/2023

Working with LCMS Disaster Response & LCMS Southern District Disaster Response Coordinator to Help Impacted Individuals and Families in Hardest-Hit Areas

Nine lives lost in Alabama and Georgia

"For the Lord comforts his people and will have compassion on his afflicted ones.” (Isaiah 49:13)

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On Thursday, January 12, a strong storm system moved through four states with high winds, large hail, and a tornado outbreak including thirty-eight powerful tornadoes of which three were long-track EF-3 tornadoes with 110+ mph winds that caused major damage to homes, businesses, and schools. There was a loss of nine lives in Alabama and Georgia from this storm.

The EF-3 tornado with 150 mph winds that went through Selma, Alabama, and into Georgia was on the ground for 76 miles and was ¾-mile wide. According to FEMA on Monday, in Selma and Autauga County alone, early reports document 252 structures destroyed, 195 structures have major damage, and an additional 145 structures damaged.

Lutheran Church Charities Disaster Response has been invited by Rev. Ross Johnson, Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) Director of Disaster Response, and Rev. Ed Brashier, LCMS Southern District Disaster Response Coordinator, to provide chainsaw assistance with the lift and heavy equipment, and assist residents in sorting and salvaging belongings in the lower income, hard-hit neighborhoods of Selma, Alabama. Kathy O’Day, Director of Disaster Response and LCC Lutheran Early Response Team (L.E.R.T.) staff and volunteer teams will be serving homeowners through Pastor Steve Washington at Trinity Lutheran Church in Selma, Alabama, from Sunday, January 22, to at least Saturday, February 4.

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If you are so moved, please donate to the LCC Disaster Response Fund or LCC Equipment Maintenance & Fuel Expense Fund so that we may continue to show the Mercy, Compassion, Presence and Proclamation of Jesus Christ to those suffering and in need.

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Please pray for all of the communities affected by these devastating tornadoes, including the LCC Disaster Response volunteers and staff, as we deploy to the hardest-hit area of Selma, Alabama, to help during the long recovery process.

LCC works in coordination with LCMS Disaster Response national and local districts of the LCMS.