India, Oct. 12 -- Direct Relief is coordinating with healthcare providers in the United States and Mexico as Hurricanes Isaias and Simon threaten coastal communities with powerful winds, heavy rainfall, flooding and potential disruptions to medical services.
Isaias Threatens Florida's Gulf Coast
Hurricane Isaias was expected to make landfall near Pensacola, Florida, on October 9 as a Category 3 storm, with sustained winds of approximately 120 mph. Mandatory evacuations were in effect in several Gulf Coast counties amid warnings of dangerous storm surges, flooding and power outages.
Direct Relief has coordinated with more than 70 free and charitable clinics and federally qualified health centres across the Gulf Coast. Emergency stockpiles...