Relief Agencies Look to Assist Victims from Katrina

A number of agenices have posted contact information in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which left a swath of death and damages from Louisiana to Alabama in the last day.

For more information, contact the following:

Alabama Emergency Management Agency (205-280-2200);
Louisiana Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Preparedness (225-925-7400);
Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (601-352-9100); 24-hour emergency line, 1-800-222-MEMA (6362);
American Red Cross 1-800-229-8191,or 1-866-GET-INFO (438-4636).

Claims can be filed with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). Because phone lines remain down in some areas and disaster response officials are overwhelmed, officials are asking that callers be patient.

FEMA (1-800-621-FEMA).

Latest Comments

• September 1, 2005 at 9:49 am

  We are on our own says:

  Pres. Bush said on Good Morning America this morning that he was not aware of any other countries offering to help with disaster releif.
• August 31, 2005 at 2:34 am

  Are other countries helping US says:

  So how many offers of aid and money from other countries has the US received? Better question, has the US received any offers of aid and money from other countries? Do we expe... read more
• August 31, 2005 at 11:13 am

  PB says:

  Of course, it is time to be wary of those who would collect relief money from unsuspecting honest folks and put it in their own pockets, even saying the money went to administ... read more