GLOBAL DISASTER RELIEF

Volunteer Ministers Answer the Call in
Disasters Worldwide

Volunteer Ministers have provided effective help at disasters around the globe, from hurricanes in Florida to floods in Italy; from Los Angeles riots to bombings in Moscow; and from Southeast Asian tsunamis to bush fires in Australia. No matter the location, the crisis or its severity, Volunteer Ministers have brought their practical and spiritual aid to these disaster sites.

2001

Puebla, Mexico, volcanic eruption

India, earthquake

Jerusalem, Israel, building collapse

Australia, bushfires

New York City World Trade Center, USA, terrorist attack

Washington, DC, USA, Pentagon terrorist attack

El Salvador, earthquake

2002

Sydney, Australia, bushfires

Maryland, USA, tornado

Congo, volcanic eruption

Colorado and Arizona, USA, brush fires

Czech Republic, floods

Hungary, floods

Ukraine, airplane crash

Germany, floods

Molise, Italy, earthquake and floods

2003

Santa Fe, Argentina, floods

Los Angeles, California, USA, hospital fire

Burbank, California, USA, train crash

Venezuela, civil unrest

Venezuela, floods

Los Angeles, California, USA, airplane crash

Southern California, USA, fires

Torino, Italy, bomb evacuation

2004

Alabama and Florida, USA, Hurricane Ivan

Madrid, Spain, terrorist attack

Niigata, Japan, flood

Florida, USA, Hurricane Charley

Florida, USA, Hurricane Frances

Florida, USA, Hurricane Jeanne

Niigata, Japan, earthquake

Southeast Asia, tsunami:

  • Indonesia
  • Thailand
  • India
  • Malaysia
  • Sri Lanka

Sydney, Australia, bushfires

2005

Adelaide, Australia, bushfires

Auckland, New Zealand, flood

Ventura, California, USA, mudslides

Glendale, California, USA, train wreck

Birmingham, UK, tornado

London, UK, bombing

Louisiana and Texas, USA, Hurricanes Katrina and Rita

Los Angeles, California, USA, fires

Florida, USA, Hurricane Wilma

Paris, France, riots

Guatemala, hurricane

Iowa, Indiana and Kentucky, USA, tornadoes

2006

Cape Town, South Africa, bushfires

Innisfail, Queensland, Australia, Cyclone Larry

Puerto Rico, civil unrest

Budapest, Hungary, flood

Nashville, Tennessee, USA, tornado

San Bernardino, California, USA, fires

Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, earthquake

Cilacap, Java, Indonesia, earthquake and tsunami

Mumbai, India, bombing

Port Elizabeth, South Africa, floods

Botswana, fires

Philippines, Typhoon Durian

Victoria, Australia, bushfires

2007

Banda Aceh, Indonesia, floods

Jakarta and Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia, floods and tornado

Mozambique, floods and Cyclone Fabio

Cumbria, UK, train derailment

Solomon Islands, tsunami

Greensburg, Kansas, USA, tornado

Griffith Park, California, USA, fires

Manchester, UK, floods

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, bridge collapse

Tokyo, Japan, earthquake

Florida, USA, tornadoes

Virginia Tech University, USA, shooting

Rome, Italy, fire

Kolkata, India, McDonald’s restaurant bombing

Peru, earthquake

Greece, fires

Southern California, USA, fires

Tabasco, Mexico, floods

Victoria, Australia, bushfires

Uganda, floods

Philippines, Typhoon Mina

Chehalis, Washington, USA, floods

Vernonia, Oregon, USA, floods

Daveyton, South Africa, riots

Dhaka, Bangladesh, Cyclone Sidr

2008

Kenya, civil unrest

Northern Illinois University, USA, shooting

Lafayette, Tennessee, USA, tornado

Panchanna Village, Kolkata, India, fire

Bogotá, Colombia, earthquake

Johannesburg, South Africa, racial violence

Kolkata, India, market fire

Southwest Myanmar, Cyclone Nargis

Sichuan, China, earthquake

Windsor, Colorado, USA, tornado

Picher, Oklahoma, USA, tornado

Parkersburg, Iowa, USA, tornado

Orange County, California, USA, mudslides

Colombia, floods

Northeastern Japan, earthquake

Iloilo and Cebu, Philippines, Typhoon Frank

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA, floods

Northern California, USA, fires

Western Ukraine, floods

Bihar, India, floods

Houston, Texas, USA, Hurricane Ike

California, USA, Sesnon Fire

Cauca, Colombia, floods

Balochistan, Pakistan, earthquake

Southern California, USA, fires

Mumbai, India, siege

2009

Washington State, USA, floods

San José, Costa Rica, earthquake

Southeast Australia, bushfires

L’Aquila, Italy, earthquake

India, Cyclone Aila

Kisii, Kenya, building collapse

Peru, floods

Taiwan, Typhoon Morakot

Western New York State, USA, floods

Los Angeles, California, USA, fires

Philippines, Typhoon Ketsana

Samoa, earthquake and tsunami

Indonesia, earthquakes

Philippines, Typhoon Parma

Cumbria, UK, floods

Buffalo, New York, USA, snowstorm

East Grinstead, UK, snowstorm

2010

Haiti, earthquake

Kisii, Kenya, shopping mall fire

Chile, earthquake and tsunami

Uganda, mudslides

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, mudslides

Thailand, civil unrest

China, earthquake

Tennessee, USA, floods

Guatemala, volcanic eruption

Guatemala, Tropical Storm Agatha

China, floods

Pakistan, floods

San Bruno, California, USA, gas explosion

Thailand, floods

Haifa, Israel, forest fires

Gilgit, Pakistan, fire

2011

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, floods

Christchurch, New Zealand, earthquake

Japan, earthquake and tsunami

Joplin, Missouri, USA, tornado

Pratt, Alabama, USA, tornado

London, UK, riots

Badin, Pakistan, floods

Barranquilla, Colombia, mudslides

Phimai, Thailand, floods

Van, Turkey, earthquake

2012

Cagayan de Oro, Philippines, floods

Dumaguete, Philippines, earthquake

Kabul, Afghanistan, snowstorm

Danyor, Pakistan, floods

Marysville, California, USA, tornadoes

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, fire

Rakiraki, Fiji, floods

Pokhara, Nepal, floods

Tsukuba, Japan, tornado

Medolla, Italy, earthquake

Nagano, Japan, earthquake

Wakayama, Japan, floods

Leticia, Colombia, floods

Assam, India, floods

Staten Island, New York, USA, Hurricane Sandy

Les Cayes, Haiti, floods

San Pedro, Guatemala, earthquake

Jacobabad, Pakistan, floods

Compostela, Philippines, typhoon

Apia, Samoa, typhoon

2013

Lautoka, Fiji, typhoon

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, floods

Mexico City, Mexico, gas explosion

São Paulo, Brazil, floods

La Plata, Argentina, floods

Granbury, Texas, USA, tornadoes

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, tornadoes

Hungary, Danube floods

Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA, fire

Calgary, Canada, floods

Yarnell Hill, Arizona, USA, fire

San Francisco, California, USA, plane crash

Lac-Mégantic, Canada, train derailment

Santiago de Compostela, Spain, train derailment

Sindh, Pakistan, floods

Guerrero, Mexico, hurricanes

New South Wales, Australia, bushfires

Chonburi, Thailand, floods

Cebu, Philippines, typhoon

Sardinia, Italy, cyclone

2014

Itaoca, Brazil, floods

Chertsey, UK, floods

Manila, Philippines, typhoon

Sindh, Pakistan, drought

Oso, Washington, USA, landslide

Valparaiso, Chile, fire

Tennessee, USA, tornado

Serbia, Croatia and Bosnia, Balkans, floods

Soma, Turkey, mine explosion

Gaza Strip, Israel, war zone

Kaohsiung, Taiwan, gas explosion

Phoenix, Arizona, USA, flash flood

Philippines, typhoon

Buffalo, New York, USA, blizzard

Narowal, Pakistan, floods

Peshawar, Pakistan, school attack

Leyte, Philippines, typhoon

2015

Cuajimalpa, Mexico, gas explosion

Vanuatu, cyclone

Nepal, earthquake

Austin, Texas, USA, floods

Pakistan, floods

Dominica, tropical storm

Guatemala, landslide

Philippines, Typhoon Koppu

Chennai, India, floods

2016

Argentina, floods

Taichung, Taiwan, earthquake

Fiji, cyclone

Kumamoto, Japan, earthquake

Ecuador, earthquake

Baton Rouge and Lafayette, Louisiana, USA, floods

Haiti and Florida, USA, Hurricane Matthew

Norcia, Italy, earthquake

Cantagallo, Peru, fires

Nepal, floods

Philippines, Typhoon Saola

Costa Rica, Hurricane Otto

Philippines, Typhoon Marce

2017

Sehwan, Pakistan, terrorist attack

Peru, floods

Burundi, floods

Mocoa, Colombia, landslide

Dallas, Texas, USA, tornadoes

Manchester, UK, bombing

London, UK, terrorist attacks

Knysna, South Africa, fires

London, UK, Grenfell Tower Fire

Barcelona, Spain, terrorist attacks

Texas, USA, Hurricane Harvey

Tujunga, California, USA, La Tuna Fires

Florida, USA, Hurricane Irma

Mexico, earthquake

Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, shooting

Costa Rica, Tropical Storm Nate

Santa Rosa, Sonoma and Napa, California, USA, wildfires

Southern California, USA, wildfires

Philippines, Tropical Storm Tembin

2018

California, USA, mudslides

Hualien, Taiwan, earthquake

Papua New Guinea, earthquake

Guatemala, Fuego Volcano eruption

Manchester, UK, fires

Japan, floods

Nepal, floods

Greece, fires

Redding, California, USA, Carr Fire

India, floods

Lombok, Indonesia, earthquakes

Florida, USA, Hurricane Michael

California, USA, Woolsey Fire

Butte County, California, USA, Camp Fire

2019

Kashmir, earthquake

Australia, bushfires

Brazil, floods

Alabama and Georgia, USA, tornadoes

Mozambique, Cyclone Idai

Christchurch, New Zealand, mass shooting

Nepal, rainstorm

Sri Lanka, mass shooting

Midwest, USA, tornadoes

Bududa, Uganda, mudslides

Ridgecrest, California, USA, earthquakes

Nepal, floods

Bahamas, Hurricane Dorian

Brazil, Amazon fires

Lombok, Indonesia, earthquake

San Fernando Valley, California, USA, Saddle Ridge Fire

Japan, Typhoon Hagibis

Los Angeles County, California, USA, Tick Fire

Sonoma County, California, USA, Kincade Fire

2020

Jakarta, Indonesia, floods

Turkey, earthquake

Nashville, Tennessee, USA, tornadoes

International Coronavirus Pandemic Response

Northern California, USA, wildfires

Oregon, USA, wildfires

Pakistan, earthquake

Costa Rica and Guatemala, Hurricane Eta and Iota

Tel Aviv, Israel, floods

Puerto Rico, earthquake

Philippines, Volcano Taal eruption

Greece, floods

Louisiana, USA, Hurricane Laura

2021

Croatia, earthquake

St. Vincent, volcanic eruption

Miami, Florida, USA, condo collapse

Germany, floods

Haiti, earthquake

Waverly, Tennessee, USA, floods

Louisiana, USA, Hurricane Ida

Sironko, Uganda, mudslides

Hidalgo, Mexico, floods

La Palma, Spain, volcanic eruption

British Columbia, Canada, floods

Midwest, USA, tornadoes

Boulder County, Colorado, Marshall Fire

Gauteng, South Africa, looting

2022

Cape Town, South Africa, parliament fire

Quito, Ecuador, mudslides

Ukraine, refugee crisis

Queensland, Australia, floods

KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, floods

Kentucky, USA, floods

Pakistan, floods

Senigallia, Italy, floods

Florida, USA, Hurricane Ian

Eugowra, New South Wales, Australia, floods

Lismore, New South Wales, Australia, floods

Wichita, Kansas, USA, tornado

2023

Turkey, earthquake

Quito, Ecuador, mudslides

Emilia-Romagna, Italy, floods

Maui, Hawaii, wildfires

Florida, USA, Hurricane Idalia

Volos, Greece, floods

Morocco, earthquake

Mexico, Hurricane Otis

Campi Bisenzio, Italy,  floods

2025

Los Angeles, California, USA, wildfires

Nepal, earthquake

Puerto Princesa, Philippines, floods

Harlingen, Texas, USA, floods

Esmeraldas, Ecuador, earthquake

Valencia, Spain, floods

Palawan, Philippines, floods

Madagascar, Cyclone Jude

Venezuela, floods

Nepal, floods

2024

Noto, Japan, earthquake

Valparaiso, Chile, wildfires

Hualien, Taiwan, earthquake

USA, tornadoes

Kenya, floods

Brazil, floods

Bangladesh, Cyclone Remal

Sri Lanka, floods

Karachi, Pakistan, heat wave

California, USA, Thompson Fire

Grenada, Hurricane Beryl

Houston, Texas, USA, Hurricane Beryl

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, floods

Sudurpaschim, Nepal, floods

Saptari, Nepal, floods

Athens, Greece, fires

Tozawa Village, Japan, landslides

Florida, USA, Hurricane Debby

Taiwan, Cyclone Gaemi

Charkadira Union, Bangladesh, floods

Czech Republic, floods

Budapest, Hungary, floods

Florida, USA, Hurricane Helene

Florida, USA, Hurricane Milton

Valencia, Spain, floods

Nyatike, Kenya, floods

Malaysia, floods

Indonesia, floods