The Red Cross has also sent rescue teams to the area ... “I was waiting in line and we heard something – then we realized it was an earthquake. It got stronger and stronger and the windows ...

The devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake killed over 315,000 people ... In the weeks that followed, she spent a month sheltered by the Red Cross. She remembers the country's structures wiped out.

Teams from the Moroccan Red Crescent, and from across the Red Cross Red Crescent Movement, have been on the ground from the moment the earthquake struck, providing emergency first aid, shelter, water ...

It also explores the causes of earthquakes. This resource has been updated with a case study and extra source material on the Central Italy earthquake of 2016. Every year, the Red Cross helps people ...

The deadly earthquake forced scores of families to abandon their homes, with many now sleeping in tents or makeshift shelters. The Vanuatu Red Cross Society, accustomed to responding to natural ...

The Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake took place on January 17, 1995, devastating Kobe and the surrounding area. Ahead of its thirtieth anniversary, the Japanese Red Cross Society surveyed 1,200 ...

Accounts of Hollywood stars clearing streets for emergency vehicles to get through and raising money for fire victims were widely circulated. But there were many other examples of less-famous people ...