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>> the american red cross has local volunteer ss there are thousands of volunteers that can help here locally or fanning out throughout the city of texas. if we arent able to be able to serve the folks, well bring other red cross volunteers in from other parts of the states to make sure people will be able to recover from this disaster and have the red cross services they need free of charge and be able to continue to help them through this and future disasters. >> cameron, what do you guys need...

Been placed ahead of the storm system. we are making it into the upper 80s in dc 90 in montgomery indiana. the warm air is in place. i want to show you quickly moore, oklahoma a quiet day thursday and friday more showers more storms will be possible. >> maria maloolina thank you ve much. we will check in with you later. >> a lot of people are asking how they can help the recover reef fort. to donate to the american red cross you can call 1-800-red cross or go to the web site redcross.org. you ca...

Support because, as you can imagine, theres so many people who are distraught. we also have medical professionals, nurses and doctors, on hand because a lot of people are coming in with injuries or other medical conditions. you can imagine if you lost your prescription medication, you need somebody to help you fill it. so we have a lot of medical professionals on hand as well. >> suzanne, we greatly appreciate you coming on. you know you and the other volunteers are very busy and were thankful y...

Through those six southern states wednesday and overnight last night. >> chris, thank you very much for the live report there. and by the way, the red cross is already on the ground helping those victims. im talk to someone from the relief organization to find out how you can help. for more coverage logon to weather.msnbc.com. and this time tomorrow space shuttle "endeavour" will be getting ready to soar into suppose on its final mission. president obama and the first family as well as congressw...

A scene of utter devastation. the homes completely demolishes. suzanne is a volunteer at the red cross. tell me a little bit about how you are assessing not only how people are dealing with this damage but from your own experience what this looks like. >> well, its absolutely overwhelming. you know, everyone who comes into our shelter has a very similar story. theyre talking about where they were last night when the tornado struck, and theyre talking about whats left of their home, if anything. ...

Just hanging in trees. insulation from houses looks like snow on branches. its truly hard to describe. i talked with many people who have lived here their whole lives and they say they simply never imagined this happening here in their community. now, rescue crews from all over the region are still out today. making sure everyone is accounted for. there have been six confirmed deaths. theyre just going through to make sure all family and friends are accounted for here in camp creek. now, we have...

Volunteer. what are the things the red cross needs at this point? >> the red cross really needs financial support. there are 19 shelters across alabama. we had 500 individuals in the tuscaloosa shelter alone last night, and its just going to be -- its just going to exceed any past disaster weve had here in the state of alabama. we really need people to go if they want to text for a $10 donation, they can text the word red cross with no spaces to 90999. if they want to donate more than $10, they ...

Organization with a proven track record of helping out in these massive crisis. many all right have a presence in the area. their response will likely be more than any that have come along. on the impact your world page, go to cnn.com to find out the impact and of course you can give to charities right now from your mobile home by texting red cross to 90999. the same goes for world vision. text japan to donate $10. many organizations have twitter pages and facebook pages they are set up to follo...