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A school gym in eastern Oklahoma was just one of many buildings flooded by ongoing rains in the region, which have displaced thousands. (Photo courtesy of Stigler Health and Wellness Center)

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Direct Relief staff deliver medical aid to Gulf Coast Health Center in Port Arthur, Texas in response to Hurricane Harvey. Access to vital medicine is often jeopardized after a hurricane. (Photo by Bimarian Films for Direct Relief)

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Families evacuate in Odisha, India, before Cyclone Fani came ashore on Friday. (Photo courtesy of Odisha Police Department)

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Millions Evacuate as Deadly Cyclone Fani Lashes India, Churns Towards Bangladesh

A medical worker fills a bucket with clean water outside an emergency treatment tent at the Macurungo Urban Health Center in Beira, Mozambique, on Friday, March 29, 2019. Cyclone Idai hit the Mozambican coast earlier this month, devastating the port city of Beira and killing at least 700 people in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Malawi. Cyclone Kenneth is dealing a second blow to the country. (Guillem Sartorio/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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A Firehawk flown by Los Angeles County Fire fights the Woolsey Fire that blazed through Malibu on Nov. 9, 2018. Santa Barbara County will soon also fly a Firehawk. (Photo courtesy of Erick Madrid)

California Wildfires

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Shipments of medical aid leave Direct Relief's warehouse Thursday bound for Good Neighbor Community Health Center in Columbus, Nebraska. Included in the shipment were tetanus vaccines, which will be used to vaccinate people before the return to their home and begin clean-up from the widespread flooding that has damaged the region. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

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Emergency Shipments Depart for Flooded Communities in Nebraska

Crews work to clean up mud and debris that washed through Montecito on Jan. 9, 2018. (Tony Morain/Direct Relief)

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Direct Relief Responds as Flooding Rips Through Kerala, India

First responders are briefed at Crane Country Day School on Jan. 25, 2018. Protective gear was distributed to people before they were escorted back to mudslide-impacted homes for a limited amount of time to collect items and begin clean-up. (Lara Cooper/Direct Relief)

Montecito Mudslide

Direct Relief Distributes $1M to Survivors of the 1/9 Debris Flow

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Busy Bee Wellness Center's mobile unit on the move. Direct Relief provided the Federally Qualified Health Center, based in Houston, with funding for a new unit after Hurricane Harvey. (Photo by Donnie Hedden for Direct Relief)

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