RED CROSS

January is National Blood Donor Month. If you have never donated blood before, it’s worth considering.

The Red Cross is helping five people who lost their house to an early morning fire Saturday on Jacksonville's Westside.

Jacksonville Fire and Rescue crews were on the scene of a house fire at George Wood Lane on Jacksonville’s Westside Monday morning.

The American Red Cross is urging residents along the coast of Northeast Florida to prepare their homes ahead of Tropical Storm Nicole.

Climate change is making heat waves deadlier, a report from the United Nations and the Red Cross warns.

The international Red Cross and the United Nations want people and governments to do more to beat the heat by getting ready for heat waves like the recent ones from Sacramento, California, to Somalia to Sichuan, China, that could take many lives in the future

One resident of a Harvey apartment building that caught fire Saturday remains hospitalized in a burn unit, but an injured Harvey police officer has been released.

With several local counties issuing evacuation orders for Hurricane Ian, the Red Cross offered some advice for those preparing to head to shelters.

Some Jackson residents are moving belongings out of their homes while others are stocking up on sandbags in anticipation of the Pearl River flooding Mississippi’s capital city

Some Jackson residents are moving belongings out of their homes while others are stocking up on sandbags in anticipation of the Pearl River flooding Mississippi’s capital city.

Dutch authorities are investigating the death of a three-month-old infant at a makeshift shelter as the Netherlands struggles to accommodate asylum seekers.

The Pentagon has once again denied a request from the District of Columbia seeking National Guard assistance in dealing with thousands of migrants being bused to the city from Texas and Arizona.

VALENTYNA ROMANENKO - SUNDAY, 14 AUGUST 2022, 12:23 Russian media have reported that Denys Prokopenko, commander of the Azov Regiment, has been taken to Russia, but government agencies and the Red Cross have yet to confirm this.

Relatives of prisoners of war taken captive by Russia after the fall of Azovstal steel plant are calling for answers a week on from a prison attack in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that reportedly killed dozens

Relatives of prisoners of war taken captive by Russia after the fall of Azovstal steel plant are calling for answers a week on from a prison attack in a separatist region of eastern Ukraine that reportedly killed dozens.

The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by a pair of southern states.

China's daily Covid case count has climbed into the hundreds as the summer holidays get underway.

One person has been gored and several people had very close shaves in the sixth running of the bulls at Pamplona’s San Ferm�n Festival

It was the first run with gorings in the festival so far this year. Three more daily runs before it finishes Thursday.

Spain´s Red Cross says three people have been gored and three others suffered bruises in a tense fifth bull run at Pamplona’s San Ferm�n Festival

Thrill seekers have avoided any gorings for a fourth straight bull run at Pamplona’s San Ferm�n Festival

In the U.S., it's legal to compensate people for their blood donation. Plasma donations can be a way to make extra income, but some groups can't donate.

A boat carrying migrants trying to get to Europe capsized off the coast of Senegal, killing at least 13 people

Gaza’s Hamas rulers say the condition of one of the Israelis it is holding captive has deteriorated

Gaza's Hamas rulers on Monday said the condition of one of the Israelis it is holding captive has deteriorated. The announcement marked a rare piece of information about the Israelis in Hamas captivity. Hamas is believed to be holding the remains of two soldiers killed during a 2014 war.

Tuesday is “World Blood Donor Day,” which was created to help raise awareness about blood donations and to thank all those who donate blood.

The Malian Red Cross says two of its employees have been killed in an ambush attack on their vehicle in the country’s west

Opposition leaders say one person was killed in Guinea’s capital during protests against fuel price hikes in the first demonstrations since the junta seized power in September

Family is top priority when preparing for hurricane season.

The Red Cross says it has registered “hundreds” of Ukrainians POWs who have left the giant Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol after holding out in a weeks-long standoff with besieging Russian forces.

Ukraine wants to exchange them for Russian prisoners of war, but some in Russia want them put on trial.

But Kyiv refuses to say how many soldiers are still trapped, saying such information is "sensitive".

Ukraine says 264 fighters - some badly wounded - have been taken from the Azovstal steelworks.

The Red Cross was called to assist a family of seven following a house fire Monday in East Arlington, News4JAX was told.

Fighters of the Azov Regiment, the Ukrainian unit holed up in the besieged Azovstal steel mill in the devastated port city of Mariupol, have released photos of their wounded comrades in arms who they say are in the plant, along with an appeal to the United Nations and Red Cross to arrange for their evacuation

More bodies have been pulled from the ruins of a luxury hotel in Cuba’s capital, bringing the official death toll from a powerful explosion at the iconic building to 40.

Any deal would depend on President Putin pulling forces back to pre-invasion positions, he says.

The Red Cross has said that a plane carrying Yemeni prisoners has arrived in the southern city of Aden as part of truce deal between the warring parties

Ukraine's military says Russian troops are now inside the plant — the last stronghold of the city's defenders.

Ukraine's military says Russian troops are now inside the plant — the last stronghold of the city's defenders.

President Putin agreed "in principle" to the U.N. and Red Cross evacuating civilians after he met U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres

Not much is untouched by COVID-19, and the nation’s blood supply is no exception.

About 2,000 people made it out of Mariupol on Friday, city officials said.

President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ukrainians to remain vigilant and to distrust Russian promises about scaling down attacks in Kyiv.

A convoy of 45 buses is heading for the besieged city in the latest attempt to rescue trapped civilians.

The government of Nicaragua has expelled the representative of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Ukrainian officials say Russian forces hijacked an aid convoy bound for Mariupol, scene of the worst humanitarian crisis of the nearly monthlong war.

A top Red Cross official says the ongoing Russian war on Ukraine has become “nothing short of a nightmare” for those living in besieged cities

Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and key supply routes — as well as the sheer scale of the humanitarian needs — are hindering the ability of international organizations to deliver aid.

The world must not shift its attention from the plight of those living through the yearslong war in Yemen

The world must not lose sight of the plight of those living through the yearslong war in Yemen.

The following is a transcript of an interview with Filippo Grandi, the U.N. high commissioner for refugees, that aired Sunday, March 6, 2022, on "Face the Nation."

Three organizations with operations in California are helping people in eastern Ukraine, and so is the Red Cross. Here's how you can contribute.

You hear it often: There’s a need for blood donors -- but there’s apparently a particular need for the Black community to step up and donate.

Two Japanese aircraft have left Australia to deliver more vital aid to Tonga as the Pacific nation deals with the aftermath of a volcanic eruption and tsunami

Aid flights from Australia, Japan and New Zealand carrying food, water, medical supplies and telecommunications equipment landed in Tonga over the weekend, as the Pacific nation grapples with the aftermath of an underwater volcanic eruption and tsunami.

The attack targeted a contractor in Switzerland that was storing the data. The Red Cross has been forced to halt a program that reunites families torn apart by violence, migration or other tragedies.

Videos captured by Tongan geologists show a huge ash cloud rising over the island nation during a powerful volcanic eruption that caused a tsunami in the Pacific.

People are being advised to remain indoors to escape the dangerous smog.

The nation's blood supply is dangerously low, prompting the Red Cross to announce a national blood crisis​ for the first time.

The historic shortage is forcing doctors to make tough decisions on who should get blood and who has to wait until there is more supply.

The historic shortage is forcing doctors to make tough decisions on who should get blood and who has to wait until there is more supply.

The Red Cross has declared a blood emergency due to a historically low supply, partially because of the pandemic.

A Jacksonville family of twelve lost their home early Saturday after a fire, just one week before Christmas.

Federal and state teams continue the recovery work and debris cleanup after deadly tornadoes swept through Kentucky and other states on Friday night.

A survivor of a crash that killed 54 speaks to the BBC about the people who did not survive.

Nepalese authorities are searching for dozens of people missing in this week’s heavy rains, floods and landslides, as survivors complain they are yet to receive any government help

The escalation could strain what remains of stability in a country teetering on the brink, under the compounding strains of violence, shortages, economic meltdown, distrust of institutions and the coronavirus pandemic.

On Sunday, South Lake Tahoe’s evacuation order was downgraded, allowing around 22,000 people who had been forced to evacuate because of the Caldor Fire to return home. Nearby communities had downgraded their warnings a day earlier.

The poorest region in mainland France has managed to dramatically speed up its COVID-19 vaccination campaign.

The Red Cross is warning that Lithuania's decision to turn away immigrants attempting to cross in from neighboring Belarus does not comply with international law.

Crews responded Sunday morning to an apartment fire off Hodges Boulevard, according to the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department.

Firefighters on Sunday rescued multiple cats from a house fire on Julington Forest Drive, the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department said.

Forecasters predict it will be an above-average year. There are 17 named storms, 8 hurricanes, and 4 are expected to be major hurricanes.

The International Federation of the Red Cross says coronavirus cases are exploding in Asia with over 5.9 million new confirmed infections over the past two weeks.

Red Cross distribute food to local residents after an earthquake in Damasi village, central Greece, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 6.0 struck central Greece Wednesday and was also felt in neighboring Albania and North Macedonia, and as far as Kosovo and Montenegro. (AP Photo/Vaggelis Kousioras)ATHENS – Fearful of returning to their homes, thousands of people in central Greece were spending the night outdoors late Wednesday after a powerful earthquake, felt across the region, damaged homes and public buildings. The shallow, magnitude-6.0 quake struck near the central city of Larissa. Ad___ Elena Becatoros and Theodora Tongas in Athens, Llazar Semini in Tirana, Albania, and Suzan Fraser in Ankara, Turkey contributed.

Now this is a group of brave, selfless and hardworking women.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A state fire marshal has been called to investigate what caused a house in Arlington to catch fire three times over the last two days. Jacksonville firefighters first responded to the home on Aletha Drive before 2 a.m. Wednesday. Firefighters determined the fire started in a crawl space area underneath the home Wednesday morning. They were able to put the flames out quickly during their initial call but returned before 6 a.m. when the fire reignited. Thursday morning around 5:30, firefighters returned a third time when flames were seen in the back of the home and along the ridgeline.

(AP Photo/Francisco Seco)BRUSSELS – Belgium’s intensive care units will hit capacity by mid-November if new coronavirus cases continue to soar at the same pace, the country’s health authorities warned Wednesday. The latest COVID-19 figures published Wednesday by the national institute of public health show that Belgium has seen 7,360 new coronavirus cases over the last 24 hours. All virus indicators have deteriorated in recent weeks as the new surge in infections is also being reflected in rising hospital admissions and deaths. Van Laethem said the country is currently the second-worst in Europe in terms of new coronavirus infections, behind the Czech Republic. So far, the virus has killed more than 10,200 people in Belgium, a nation of 11.5 million that hosts European Union headquarters.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Help is on the way ahead of Hurricane Delta. Red Cross volunteers are leaving Tuesday to help those affected by the oncoming storm. The group will help the Gulf Coast area with hurricane preps, food, shelters and aftermath resources. Volunteers said that assisting others this year has been particularly challenging due to COVID-19, but in the end, it’s always worth it. And I guess that’s why I do it and continue to do it.”Morgan said the Red Cross is always looking for volunteers, including virtual ones.

Jared Moskowitz tweeted Sunday night about the area of low pressure out in the Atlantic. Now is the time to make sure you have your 7 day Hurricane supply. According to NPR, the recommendation was about half that before the pandemic, but officials show there isn't enough space in a "worst-case" storm. All workers must be wearing personal protective equipment and face masks or coverings will be required for all. News4Jax has partnered with Ace Hardware to help people Build a Kit That Fits, where you can print out a list of needed hurricane supplies.

LAKE CITY, Fla. – A Lake City woman and her mother are thanking God they are alive after a tree crashed into their mobile home before dawn Wednesday. Just before 5 a.m., Campe received a News4Jax weather alert saying, “Take cover now. “I believe that wholeheartedly was a sign of God and he protected us with this," Campe said. Columbia County Emergency Management told News4Jax two other homes received storm damage early Wednesday morning but there were no significant injuries. The National Weather Service will go to Campe’s home to take pictures and determine whether straight-line winds or a tornado caused the damage.

SAN FRANCISCO - California's wildfires have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes as firefighters battle historically dire conditions. While families scramble to find shelter, several funds have been set up to help evacuees deal with the anticipated damage they'll face when they return to their homes and businesses. The United Way of the Wine Country set up the Kincade Fire Emergency Relief and Recovery Fund to help victims both in the short and long-term. The Red Cross has opened multiple shelters while the Salvation Army is providing meals, emotional and spiritual support to evacuees. The Red Cross also has a "Safe and Well List" to mark yourself safe or check on loved ones.

The Red Cross established the shelter for evacuees with pets at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. In California's wine country, firefighters worked to reinforce fire lines in western Sonoma County while rushing to shore up the eastern side that could be the new focus as winds switched direction. Bulldozers carved firebreaks, hand crews attacked hot spots with hoses and shovels, and aircraft painted hillsides with fire retardant. PG&E also has said its transmission lines may have been responsible for the Sonoma County fire. Southern California Edison had cut off power to about 800 people as of Monday night and warned that it was considering disconnecting about 400,000 more as winds return midweek.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The Red Cross says it's assisting a family after a Saturday morning fire on Waterchase Way West in the Pablo Bay subdivision. Jacksonville Fire and Rescue responded to the call and initially said heavy smoke and flames were showing. The fire was put out quickly, but damage to the home occurred. The fire marshal is investigating the cause. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - One person was found dead in an overnight apartment fire in Jacksonville's Goodby's Creek neighborhood. Firefighters with the Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department were called to Kensington Square, near Goodby's creek where flames could be seen shooting through the roof late Wednesday night. Red Cross was requested to help several people but one person was found dead. JFRD said the fire heavily damaged three apartments at the six-building complex. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

An extended power outage means that food is thawing or getting warmer. The worst possible thing to do about checking on food during a power outage is checking on food during a power outage. Opening the freezer and refrigerator during an extended power outage lets those cold temperatures escape. "The possibility is that some people continue to lose power during a storm," said Christian Smith of Red Cross. The Red Cross also suggests having additional coolers and ice on hand to help keep perishables chilled if power outages last more than a day.

Former Cross CEO Jack Morgan stops by the Morning Show to tell us how the Red Cross is gearing up for Dorian. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

With so much uncertainty about Hurricane Dorian's track, the entire state of Florida is in preparation mode. Christian Smith with the Red Cross offers answers to the most common questions asked as Floridians prepare for a hurricane. What are the bare minimum items you need in your hurricane kit? Heed your emergency warningsKnow your house and the area around it (do you feel comfortable staying if you're not in an evacuation zone?) (do you feel comfortable staying if you're not in an evacuation zone?)

Christian Smith is with the Red Cross is here to tell you where you can go if you have to evacuate and how to get help if you can't go home right away after a storm hits.

CNN image(KERO) - Ridgecrest, CA -- The Red Cross has an emergency shelter open at the Kerr McGee that has a capacity of 500. Right now the Red Cross says there are 129 people there with supplies coming from Los Angeles and Kern Counties to help. That shelter plans on staying open as long as it's needed so if you know anyone in the Ridgecrest area that needs a place to go send them to 100 West California Avenue in Ridgecrest. Russ Huge with the Red Cross explains on the Red Cross helps the community and how people can help those affected by the earthquake. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - A family of three was displaced Thursday after their home caught on fire. The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department believe the cause of the fire is potentially suspicious. Around 4:30 a.m., firefighters were called to the home on McQuade Street, in the Robinson's Addition neighborhood. Smoke could be seen coming from the home where the two adults and a teenager with special needs lived. The Red Cross was called to assist the family.