UMCOR Hotline: 1998 Archives

The UMCOR Hotline gives up-to-date information about emergency and ongoing responses of the United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR). You can be a part of this work. (Click here for current UMCOR Hotlines.)

December

UMCOR Hotline, December 31 1998, Hurricane Georges, Hurricane Mitch, Texas floods, El Niño's destruction in the Philippines
UMCOR Hotline, December 23 1998, Food shipments to areas in Central America, assessment of Caribbean in Georges aftermath, Medicine Boxes
UMCOR Hotline, December 18, 1998, Yupik People in Siberia; Chiapas floods; Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Georges; children of war in Liberia
UMCOR Hotline, December 11, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Georges, floods in Texas and Kansas
UMCOR Hotline, December 4, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Georges, floods in Texas and Kansas

UMCOR Hotline, November 25, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Georges, floods in Texas and Kansas
Cómo responder a las víctimas del huracán Mitch
UMCOR Hotline, November 20, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Georges, floods in Texas
UMCOR Hotline, November 16, 1998, Hurricane Mitch, Hurricane Georges, floods in Kansas, tornado damage in Brownsville, Texas.
UMCOR Hotline, November 6, 1998, UMCOR disaster response consultants are currently in Honduras and Nicaragua.
El huracán Mitch: Linea de emergencia de UMCOR, 4 de noviembre de 1998
UMCOR Hotline, November 4, 1998, Hurricane Georges, Hurricane Mitch

UMCOR Hotline, October 30, 1998, Hurricane Georges, Hurricane Mitch, Texas Floods
UMCOR Hotline, October 23, 1998, Texas Floods, Hurricane Georges, Montserrat Volcano, Medicine Box, Africa: Seeds of Hope Act
UMCOR Hotline, October 16, 1998, Volunteer work teams are urgently needed for debris removal and clean up. Skilled chain saw operators are a particular need.
UMCOR Hotline, October 9, 1998, Churchwide appeal, details of UMCOR response so far
UMCOR Hotline, October 2, 1998, Eyewitness Reports of Devastation, Supplies depleted at UMCOR Depot

Línea de Emergencia del Comité Metodista Unido de Auxilio (UMCOR), 29 de septiembre de 1998, Huracán Georges
UMCOR Hotline, September 29, 1998, Hurricane Georges: Churchwide Appeal Established, More Updates from Affected Areas
UMCOR Hotline, September 28, 1998, Hurricane Georges: Reports from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana
UMCOR Hotline, September 25, 1998, Hurricane Georges: Reports from Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Cuba, Hispañola; Typhoons strike Japan
UMCOR Hotline, September 18, 1998, Tropical Storm Charley aftermath in the SouthWest and Mexico, Hurricane Georges building strength, volunteers needed to rebuild after floods in Ohio
UMCOR Hotline, September 11, 1998, Tropical Storm Charley aftermath, flooding and tornados in the South, North Korea shipment
UMCOR Hotline, September 4, 1998, Tropical Storm Charley, Hurricane Bonnie, Hurricane Earl; join two-week, ecumenical visit to Africa in May 1999

UMCOR Hotline, August 28, 1998, Tropical Storm Charley, Hurricane Bonnie, China Floods
UMCOR Hotline, August 21, 1998, famine relief in North Korea and Sudan; spring tornado relief
UMCOR Hotline, August 14, 1998, Nairobi bombing; famine in North Korea; school feeding programs in Haiti, Kazakhstan, and West Africa; grant to church in Sierra Leone
UMCOR Hotline, August 7, 1998, Kosovo Emergency, tornados and floods, disaster response course at Africa University

UMCOR Hotline, July 31, 1998, Papua New Guinea tidal wave, flooding in Bangladesh, Pakistan, China, Bohemia, and Tajikista, volunteers needed in Florida, Alabama, East Ohio, Tennessee and Georgia
UMCOR Hotline, July 24, 1998, Papua New Guinea tidal wave, North Korea famine response, floods in and Eastern Ohio and Holston Conferences
UMCOR Hotline, July 20, 1998, Papua New Guinea tidal wave, food for the Philippines, floods in Kentucky and Eastern Ohio, Medicine Boxes needed
UMCOR Hotline, July 17, 1998, food for the Philippines, floods in Kentucky and Eastern Ohio, Medicine Boxes needed
UMCOR Hotline, July 10, 1998, Florida fires, floods in Eastern Ohio, West Virginia, New York, and Vermont
UMCOR Hotline, July 2, 1998, storms and floods that struck many parts of the U.S. this past week, workshops for families and children hit by tornados in Gainesville, Georgia, assistance for cyclone that struck Western India

UMCOR Hotline, June 26, 1998
UMCOR Hotline, June 19, 1998, Indonesia Emergency Response, Armenia and Georgia Emergency Advance, Vietnamese refugee family needs sponsorship
UMCOR Hotline, June 12, 1998 Disaster Response Training Program/Africa, 3 million pounds of rice for North Korea
UMCOR Hotline, June 5, 1998 tornadoes around the USA, earthquake in Bolivia

UMCOR Hotline, May 29, 1998 farmers in Northern NY, hurricanes, health kits
UMCOR Hotline, May 22, 1998 El Niño: Florida, Peru, Ecuador, and Argentina; relief for North Korea, Sudan, Indonesia
UMCOR Hotline, May 15, 1998 Mozambique, Democratic Republic of Congo, health kits for various countries
UMCOR Hotline, May 8, 1998 famine in Sudan, tornados and storms in the South, volunteers for Montserrat
UMCOR Hotline, May 1, 1998 tornados and storms in the South, volunteers for Montserrat, Contain Your Joy

UMCOR Hotline, April 24, 1998 United Methodists are responding in many ways to the devastating storms of the last several weeks.
UMCOR Hotline, April 17, 1998 tornados in Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia
UMCOR Hotline, April 13, 1998 tornados
UMCOR Hotline, April 9, 1998 grant for Rwandan people, relief for victims of Typhoon Paka , El Niño; storms and flooding; World Day of Fasting for the People of North Korea
UMCOR Hotline, April 3, 1998 Minnesota Tornadoes, El Niño; storms and flooding; Food Shipment to North Korea, World Day of Fasting for the People of North Korea, food stamp provision in the Agriculture Research bill

UMCOR Hotline, March 27, 1998 El Niño; Southeastern tornadoes, storms and flooding; Food Shipment to North Korea, World Day of Fasting for the People of North Korea
UMCOR Hotline, March 20, 1998 El Niño Recovery, One Great Hour of Sharing; Southeastern tornadoes, storms and flooding
UMCOR Hotline, March 13, 1998 El Niño Recovery, One Great Hour of Sharing
UMCOR Hotline, March 6, 1998 Florida tornadoes; food, medical supplies, and other humanitarian relief in Iraq

February 27, 1998
El Niño driven storms around the world
February 20, 1998
El Niño driven storms in Peru, Florida, California; Guam and Typhoon Paka
February 13, 1998
severe weather responses continue; Volunteer in Mission teams needed in Montserrat; women's landmine prosthesis program in Angola
February 6, 1998
severe weather responses continue: North-Eastern ice-storm, Florida, North Carolina

January 30, 1998
North-Eastern ice-storm-- the response continues; emergency grants to Holston and Western North Carolina Conferences; North Korean famine--all children in North Korea are vulnerable
January 23, 1998
North-Eastern ice-storm: there are still people without power; Democratic Republic of Congo cholera epidemic; aftermath of typhoons in Guam and and Marianas; flooding in the South-East
January 16, 1998
Ice-Storm in Vermont, upstate New York, New England; Typhoon Paka's devastation, flash floods in Tennesee and North Carolina
January 9, 1998
Storms and Floods in Vermont, upstate New York, New England, assessment of damage from typhoons, famine in North Korea continues