Presbyterian Mission Agency tornadoes Archives

Tornadoes damage PC(USA) churches and destroy homes in the presbyteries of Ohio Valley and Arkansas

Posted May 23rd, 2023

This spring’s tornadoes, which took the steeple off First Presbyterian Church in Martinsville, Indiana, and destroyed 200 homes in and around Sullivan, Indiana, came on top of tornadic destruction in and around Little Rock, Arkansas.

Presbyterians in two Mississippi presbyteries are aiding their neighbors in need after tornadoes

Posted April 27th, 2023

When tornadoes leveled neighboring Rolling Fork, Mississippi, in March, it didn’t take long for members and friends of Leland Presbyterian Church to spring into action to help neighbors who’d lost everything.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance responds to Colorado wildfires, other situations

Posted January 7th, 2022

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) and the Presbytery of Plains and Peaks are responding to wildfires that impacted the area between Boulder and Denver, Colorado in the last days of 2021.

PDA is sending teams and resources in wake of severe weather outbreak

Posted May 30th, 2019

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance (PDA) has deployed national response teams in Ohio and Missouri and is processing several initial support requests following a severe weather outbreak across the Midwest.

Presbyterian Disaster Assistance responding to several U.S. crises

Posted March 22nd, 2019

There was a time, it seems to the Rev. Jim Kirk of Presbyterian Disaster Assistance, that specific phenomena were isolated to different parts of the calendar.

Southern states begin clean up following weekend of tornadoes

Posted January 25th, 2017

Residents along the deep south and Gulf Coast have begun to dig out from the damage left behind following an outbreak of tornadoes over the weekend. From January 21 through the 23, as many as 29 tornadoes swept across six states, leaving as many as 20 people dead, hundreds of homes and businesses destroyed and scattered power outages through out.