Red Cross recruiting ReserveCorps volunteers to help with local flood response
The local chapter of the American Red Cross is seeking volunteers to be trained to staff the agency’s shelters in the event of local flooding.
The volunteers will be trained to be members of the Red Cross’s ReserveCorps, part of the American Red Cross’ Ready When the Time Comes (RWTC) program, which prepares teams of “reserve” Red Cross volunteers to be ready to help during a local, large-scale disaster.
This year, flooding risk is especially high in the Green River Valley because weakening of the Howard Hanson Dam will prevent the U.S. Army Corps. of Engineers from capturing as much water behind the dam as it usually does during the flood season.
As a result, many downstream homes and businesses that usually escape flood during heavy rains may see flooding, including parts of Auburn, Kent, Renton, South Seattle and Tukwila.
- Visit King County’s Flood Preparation Web page, which includes links to maps of areas in the Green River Valley at risk for flooding
Category: Disaster Preparation
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