Local Red Cross Responds to Flooding In Manhattan Area
Opens Shelter for Evacuees
Topeka, KS, June 2, 2011 — Residents affected by last nights flooding in the Manhattan area were able to move to a shelter that was established by the Kansas Capital Area Chapter of the American Red Cross at 6am this morning. The shelter is located in the St. Thomas Moore Catholic Church at 2900 Kimball Avenue, Manhattan, KS 66502.
CEO, Greg Simms, said “Residents being served by the Red Cross include those living in the City of Ogden, Garden Way Apartments in Manhattan, Highland Ridge Apartments in Manhattan, and the Red Bud Mobile Home Park in Manhattan .”
Questions and requests for more information on the Red Cross response to the Manhattan area flooding should be directed to Ron Frank, Red Cross volunteer in Manhattan , at 785-410-1635.
As Red Cross staff and volunteers work through this newest disaster others remain focused on the Reading Tornado Relief Effort. Two local disaster volunteers left for Sioux Falls, South Dakota this morning with the Emergency Response Vehicle to assist with flooding relief efforts and two local volunteers responded to a home fire this morning in Topeka .
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