(JTA) — As the death toll from Hurricane Matthew continued to rise, Jewish groups were working to help victims in the United States and the Caribbean. The storm, which the National Hurricane Center downgraded to a post-tropical cyclone on Sunday, has killed at least 19 people in the U.S., including in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina,…
(JTA) — The Jewish Federations of North America is opening an emergency fund for Hurricane Matthew relief. As the Category 3 storm whipped Florida’s Atlantic coast with 100-mile-per-hour winds Friday, forecasters warned about a storm surge in parts of Florida, Georgia and South Carolina that could bring widespread destruction to homes, businesses and infrastructure. The National Weather Service warned…
Jewish institutions here were bracing for the worst as officials issued dire warnings about Hurricane Matthew, a Category 4 storm that approached the state’s Atlantic coast Thursday evening and was to move up the coast over the next 24 hours.