Crews are assessing damage after tornadoes swept through the Dodge City area Tuesday night. Damaging hail was also reported. Emergency officials say displaced families are in need of help.
Red Cross officials have set up a client casework area in the Ford County Government Center in Dodge City to help people in need. Corey Becker, a Red Cross disaster volunteer for western Kansas, says families, including elderly people and parents of a one-week-old baby, have all lost their homes.
"We’re assessing their current situation, and we’re turning right around and providing them with the money to aid them in the next 48 to 96 hours," Becker says. "We’re pointing them in the area of agencies that can help them with material items Catholic Charities, Salvation Army and we’re starting them down that road to recovery."
Becker says people can help the Red Cross by donating online. He also says the funds go right to individuals needing help.
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