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DR tapering down Hurricane Ian response/watching Tropical Storm Nicole

Even as Florida Baptist Disaster Relief leaders and volunteers are beginning to taper down their Hurricane Ian response efforts, they are closely monitoring Tropical Storm Nicole, which may intensify into a Category 1 hurricane before making landfall late Wednesday night, Nov. 9, or early Thursday morning, Nov. 10, on Florida’s East Coast.
November 8, 2022
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State of Florida provides Southern Baptist Disaster Relief with $400,000 i…

Southern Baptist Disaster Relief has been awarded $400,000 in funding from the Florida Disaster Fund to help the state’s residents with relief efforts following Hurricane Ian’s landfall in southwest Florida Sept. 28.
October 28, 2022
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‘Churches Helping Churches’ in Daytona Beach area after Ian

A day after Ian dropped more than 19 inches of rain in the Daytona Beach area, the pastor and members of City Light Church in Port Orange sprang into action to help fellow members and other churches dealing with significant flooding.
October 20, 2022
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Hurricane Ian recovery efforts continue

Hurricane Ian passed through Florida three weeks ago, but the lengthy recovery task will continue in the days, weeks and months ahead.
October 20, 2022
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SBDR volunteers near 500,000 meals prepared, provide relief for hundreds o…

As Southern Baptist Disaster Relief (SBDR) nears 500,000 meals prepared in the wake of Hurricane Ian, volunteers have completed approximately 730 recovery jobs for homeowners. 
October 18, 2022
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Western Cuba Baptists respond to devastation/share gospel in Hurricane Ian…

Devastation as far as the eye could see. Hurricane Ian, roaring through western Cuba Sept. 28, left a trail of destruction for a people who have long known hardship and scarcity, a people who have learned to live humbly and faithfully even in difficult circumstances.
October 12, 2022
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Disaster Relief teams expand cleanup and recovery to Daytona Beach

When Craig Culbreth checked in with pastors of Florida Baptist churches in the Daytona Beach area after Tropical Storm Ian passed through, he began to hear a common thread of widespread flooding that caused damage to homes and churches.
October 11, 2022
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Hurricane Ian recovery ramps up as Southern Baptist Disaster Relief, Send…

As Hurricane Ian rolled in Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 28, Wade Harmon was on the fifth floor of the Larsen Health Center Nursing in Fort Myers where his wife was working.
October 7, 2022
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‘Sharing hope and the love of Jesus in the wake of Ian’

As Hurricane Ian’s storm surge is receding and the winds are subsiding, First Baptist Church Naples is just getting started.
October 5, 2022
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Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian

A week ago, Marta Ramirez was settling into her new home in Port Charlotte, a harborside town in southwest Florida. Friday, she was picking up the pieces of what was left after the wrath of Hurricane Ian tore through the community Sept. 28.
October 3, 2022
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