I know it’s a holiday weekend, but I
wanted to make sure you saw this. Hurricane Dorian has
stalled in the Atlantic and continues to pound the Bahamas with
destructive winds and rain. The full extent of the disaster is still
unknown, but the initial news photos we’ve seen are sobering and damages
look catastrophic.

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I just spoke with Jill Morehead, leader of our initial response team, who
told me,

"As we get ready to deploy, we are watching nervously as Hurricane
Dorian slowly inches over the Bahamian islands. News reports tell us
that some low-lying islands may be completely submerged. We need to get
to Nassau and meet with the local emergency managers and get a better
sense of the destruction. For now, we are taking boxes of solar lanterns
given the island-wide power blackout in Grand Bahama."

[ [link removed] ]As families and communities in the Bahamas ride out this devastating
hurricane and assess the damage, please make a gift to our Humanitarian
Response Fund today. Your vital support helps us to respond
in moments of crisis around the world, to hurricanes and other natural
disasters, and to be there with people overcoming poverty and oppression.

Thank you for your support today.

Christy Delafield
Mercy Corps Director of Communications

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From: Neal Keny-Guyer, Mercy Corps <[email protected]>
Date: Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 7:09 PM
Subject: BREAKING: Hurricane Dorian slams into the Bahamas

[ Hurricane ]Hurricane Dorian

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After passing Puerto Rico earlier this week, Hurricane
Dorian slammed into the Bahamas today as a catastrophic Category 5 storm.
Families there are enduring wind gusts over 220 mph and storm surge up to
18-23 feet above normal tide levels.

Mercy Corps is mobilizing a team of emergency responders — which includes
members from our Puerto Rico team — to the Bahamas following Hurricane
Dorian’s landfall as one of the most powerful Atlantic hurricanes on
record.

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Our team will begin rapidly determining the most pressing needs. We will
focus on the most vulnerable households and people in the greatest need of
aid. From our experience in these moments, we know the most pressing needs
are likely to include clean water, sanitation and temporary food and
shelter resources.

[ [link removed] ]Please make an emergency gift to our Humanitarian Response Fund. When
disasters like this strike, you can
be there with us to help meet survivors with compassion.
Your gift today helps people and families around the world survive in
moments of crisis and natural disaster, overcome poverty, and build
brighter futures for their communities.

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Thank you for being there for our global community during times of crisis.

[9]Neal Keny-Guyer
Neal Keny-Guyer, Mercy Corps CEO

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