2020 Is a Record Year for Disaster Shelters, Red Cross Says

2020 Is a Record Year for Disaster Shelters, Red Cross Says

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https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/2020-is-a-record-year-for-disaster-shelters-red-cross-says/

The American Red Cross has provided record levels of disaster shelter this year as unprecedented hurricane and wildfire seasons forced massive evacuations and the COVID-19 pandemic made evacuees financially needy and reluctant to stay with relatives and friends.

The Red Cross has furnished more than 1.2 million nights of sheltering so far this year to people fleeing disasters. That’s more than four times the disaster-related shelter assistance the organization provides in an average year.