A powerful storm system that brought severe weather to the Lincoln area last Friday night became more violent as it headed east. It spawned tornadoes that left at least 42 people dead in eight states. The small town of Diaz, Arkansas, was among the communities destroyed that night when an EF-4 tornado hit with winds up to 190 miles per hour.
Union Adventist University in Lincoln is sending 18 students and faculty from the International Rescue and Relief Program to help clean up and assess damage in the affected area. The team will leave Lincoln in the early morning hours of Tuesday and stay until Sunday.
The Disaster Response Teams are entirely donor funded. The university and its students rely on gifts from alumni and community members to make this mission possible. This deployment is estimated to cost $10,000. You can help with this and future deployments by clicking here.