OHIO — Wednesday morning brought an early wake-up call for Ohioans as tornado warnings rang out before dawn.
The National Weather Service confirmed five tornadoes touched down in Riverside, Springfield, London, Hilliard and Blacklick/Licking and Matthew 25: Ministries has deployed response teams in order to help clean up the damage.
Damage from the tornadoes ranged from downed power lines and trees to rooftops and siding being torn off homes. The Madison County Airport and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base both reported damages from the tornadoes.
The humanitarian aid and disaster relief organization, headquartered in Blue Ash, deployed its teams Thursday morning.
The team is bringing personal care products, cleaning supplies, baby items and first aid kits to assist people affected by the storms. They are also bringing paper products, water, tools and tarps.
Supplies will be distributed across Montgomery, Clark, Madison and Franklin counties and other affected areas. Matthew 25 plans to conduct damage assessments and contact partners in the area to determine how they can serve the needs of the disaster area.
Matthew 25 responds to disasters across the country and world, last year the organization responded to disasters ranging from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Hurricanes Idalia and Otis, wildfires in Hawaii, Syria and Turkey earthquakes, and additional storms, floods and tornadoes. So far this year teams have been deployed to severe weather and tornadoes that swept through portions of the Southeast in early January as well as the Helena, AR water crisis.
The organization continues to respond to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, shipping more than 33 million pounds of supplies in 2023 and helped more than 40 million people.
Madison MacArthur
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