FACTS AT A GLANCE: American Red Cross Response to Hurricane Katrina

Fast Facts(As of 7:00 a.m., Sept 6)
Red Cross Mass Care:
Evacuees – More than 142,000 evacuees are being sheltered by the American Red Cross.
Shelters – More than 485 Red Cross shelters have been opened in 18 states – including Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., Ky., La., Md., Mo., Miss., N.C., Okla., SC., Texas, Tenn, Utah, Va. and W.Va. – with many more on standby.
Emergency Vehicles – More than 270 Red Cross Emergency Response Vehicles (ERVs) are now in Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, with additional ERVs en route to the affected area. The Red Cross is working to engage additional vehicles for food distribution to survivors.
Relief Workers – Thousands of Red Cross staff and volunteers across the country and from every part of the organization are working around the clock to serve the public need. More than 5,640 Red Crossers have left their families to serve in affected areas already, and the Red Cross is moving hundreds more into affected areas every day.
Food - More than 3.3 hot million meals and more than 3.9 million snacks have been served to survivors of Hurricane Katrina to-date; more than 618,000 and 466,000, respectively, in the last 24 hours.
Health & Preventative Care – The Red Cross is working with government and health services partners to develop health strategies and preventative measures to help the public and relief workers cope with the serious public health emergency. For additional information, visit http://www.redcross.org/pressrelease/0,1077,0_172_4554,00.htm or http://www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/hurricanes/index.asp.
Funds Received to Date – The Red Cross estimates that, as of Sept. 5, 2005, it has received 409.2 million in gifts and pledges for the hurricane relief effort, with approximately $209 million made online to date.

Reuniting Families:
The Red Cross, with support of the worldwide Red Cross Movement, has launched a Web site and hotline to help reunite loved ones.
Online – Persons looking for loved ones can go to http://www.redcross.org/ and click on “Family Links Registry” to register yourself, a missing relative or view the existing list of registrants. Hundreds of donated computers are being delivered to the Houston Astrodome and shelters across the country to enable those evacuees to register and reconnect with worried loved ones.
Hotline – Those who do not have Internet access should call toll-free1-877-LOVED-1S (1-877-568-3317).
Registered – To date, more than 105,000 people have registered on the "Family Links" Web site.