Natural disasters

Priest warns of crisis as agencies respond to Congo volcano aftermath
- May 26, 2021
A missionary priest in eastern Congo is warning of a crisis after a volcanic eruption flattened homes, destroyed structures and left thousands of people displaced near the city of Goma.

By Fredrick Nzwili, CNS
Southern Madagascar drought leads to starvation; pandemic complicates aid
- May 26, 2021
About 14,000 people in drought-ravaged southern Madagascar face starvation after exhausting all their options to cope, relief organization representatives said.

By Bronwen Dachs
Pope offers prayers for people on Caribbean island threatened by volcano
- Apr 23, 2021
As La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent continued erupting, belching out gas and thick ash, which forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, Pope Francis offered his prayers.

By Catholic News Service

Catholics mobilize to help evacuees from La Soufrière volcano
- Apr 13, 2021
Despite COVID-19 restrictions and various challenges posed by continuous volcanic eruptions and ashfall on St. Vincent and the Grenadines and neighboring islands, dioceses in the West Indies have rallied to the aid of those affected by La Soufrière volcano.

By Laura Ann Phillips

Birmingham Diocese helping 60 families after spring tornadoes
- Mar 27, 2021
Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Birmingham, Alabama, is working with at least 60 families whose homes sustained damage in a spring tornado.

By Dennis Sadowski
Winter storm halts nearly everything but Texas hospitality
- Feb 24, 2021
The Burton family from Lake Charles, Louisiana, were on the way home from a New Mexico skiing vacation when the worst winter storm in recent Texas history brought the state to a perpetual halt.

By Ricardo Gandara
Bishops say fellow Texans’ help for one another amid storm is ‘edifying’
- Feb 22, 2021
The Catholic bishops of Texas said Feb. 20 that the generosity of their fellow Texans reaching out to help their neighbors, even while they are also managing their own needs during a historic winter storm, “is truly edifying.”

By Catholic News Service
Houston Catholics struggle with historic storm, power outages
- Feb 20, 2021
The historic winter storms in February shattered electric plants across Texas, prompting energy providers to force blackouts across the state to preserve what fragile electricity they could generate. At least 49 deaths have been linked to the storms and subsequent power outages.

By James Ramos