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Bishop appeals for disaster funds
![Disaster strikes in Detroit.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Flood-2021-Lydia-Semi-and-divers.jpg)
Record rainfall the weekend of June 26-27 has left many in Michigan recovering from flooding of homes and churches. Bishop Bard appeals for gifts to the Michigan Conference Disaster Response… Continue Reading Bishop appeals for disaster funds
4 weeks downstream, still suffering
![UMCOR assisted in GLBR flooding in May.](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/GLBR-Sanford-Scott-Marsh-June-16-2020-Doyal-1-scaled.jpg)
Many, many more weeks of relief and recovery are ahead in mid-Michigan after May 19th flooding caused significant damage in over 1000 households across five counties. Here’s an eye-witness account.
Lend a hand across the water
![Supplies for those affected by flood water](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Flood-2020-Supplies-960-Ferman.jpg)
You have seen the devastation the water left in Sanford, Midland, and elsewhere. The Michigan Conference Disaster Response team offers ways you can help with clean-up and care for neighbors.
They care during the storms of life
![UMCOR case managers](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/NW-Flood-11.jpg)
Michigan is a pleasant place to live. However, it’s good to know that, when the inevitable storms strike, there are leaders ready to provide assistance and hope.
Mid-Michigan tornado relief underway
![Trees downed in a storm](https://michiganumc.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/Storm-damage.jpeg)
Seventy-four homes and some businesses in Shiawassee and Genesee counties were damaged by tornadoes that touched down on March 14.
Early Response Training Jan. 20, 2018
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Michigan Disaster Coordinators host three more Early Response training sessions.