Disaster Relief

SAN SABA, Texas —A welcome sign off U.S. Highway 190 identifies San Saba as the “Pecan Capital of the World”—a claim hard to deny. The Central Texas town of just over 3,000 is surrounded by pecan orchards and boasts numerous shellers, packers, retailers, and distributors.

KERRVILLE, Texas – A lost kitten proved one thing too many for a Kerrville area homeowner with whom Southern Baptists of Texas Convention Disaster Relief chaplain Debby Nichols spoke in the days following the July 4 flash flooding in the Texas Hill Country.

KERRVILLE, Texas – Joey Tombrella’s cellphone has been in a constant buzz over the past few days.

KERRVILLE, Texas (BP) – On most days, it’s easy to see why families have flocked to this area for generations. The typically low, tranquil Guadalupe River backdrops activities like swimming, fishing, tubing and kayaking. The hills bring winding roads loved by motorcyclists and trails popular with hikers.   

KERRVILLE— In the wake of the catastrophic flooding of the Guadalupe River and as the death toll continues to rise, teams from the Southern Baptists of Texas Disaster Relief and the Baptist General Convention of Texas (Texans on Mission) arrived onsite in the Texas Hill Country. 

WESTERNPORT, Md. — On a cool day in June, Disaster Relief (DR) volunteers from Baptist conventions in Maryland/Delaware, New England, West Virginia and North Carolina gathered in Westernport to assist flood victims. Wearing masks and gloves, the team of about 30 men and women worked diligently, dragging ruined household items and shoveling mud from basements. They were finishing the final stages of a three-week deployment, focused on completing mud-out work on 150 homes following massive flooding in mid-May.

DOUGLAS, Ga. (BP) – Nine months after Hurricane Helene scythed across the Southeast, Georgia remains one of those areas still cleaning up the damage. The new undergrowth around downed trees testifies to the slow progress. Root balls dwarf Smyrna Baptist Association Director Mike Taylor, that’s considerable since he stands 6’8”tall.

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Missouri has experienced its share of violent weather this spring, keeping Missouri Baptist Disaster Relief (MODR) volunteers on their toes. News sources report a record number of tornadoes striking the state in 2025. According to one meteorologist, there had been close to 90 tornadoes of various sizes just through May 20.

In the aftermath of the recent tornadoes in the commonwealth, there was a compassionate and organized response from Kentucky Baptist Disaster Relief. 

LONDON, Ky. (KT) — A path of downed trees in rural Laurel County signaled where a deadly tornado likely began a path of destruction last Friday night (May 16).