Red Cross Ramping Up Response to Flooding on US-Canadian Border

Minneapolis, MN, June 15, 2014--The American Red Cross is ramping up its response to flooding in the International Falls, MN, area along the US-Canadian border. Additional relief workers and supplies, including a second mobile feeding truck, will be heading north on Sunday and Monday.

"It's going to get ugly up here before it gets better," says Tony Guerra who is on-the-ground leading the Red Cross relief effort.

Red Cross mobile feeding on Saturday served approximately 70 meals to people working to hold back the flood waters in Koochiching County. Also, Red Cross relief workers provided beverages to people sandbagging at City Beach in Ranier on Saturday, June 14.

People can download the Red Cross free Flood App, which has useful information and tips about responding before, during and after flooding: http://www.redcross.org/prepare/mobile-apps/flood.

Also, people who want to help can go to http://www.redcross.org and make a donation that supports Red Cross relief work for disasters both big and small.