Prepare For Worsening Extreme Weather During National Preparedness Month

During National Preparedness Month in September, the American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania urges everyone to prepare for worsening extreme weather affecting Pennsylvania, which has experienced flooding and extreme heat this year.

Severe weather like this is part of a worsening national trend in which the American Red Cross has responded to nearly twice as many large disasters across the country as it did a decade ago.

As rapidly intensifying, weather-related events pose serious challenges to its humanitarian work and the people it serves, the Red Cross has announced an ambitious national...