Disaster Assistance - Hoboken, NJ

Vihaan Gadodia, 2, is handed from a National Guard truck after he and his family left a flooded building in Hoboken, N.J., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2012, in the wake of superstorm Sandy. / AP Photo/Craig Ruttle

Extraordinary storm, extremely serious threat

Stu Ostro, Senior Meteorologist, The Weather Channel Oct 28, 2012 12:46 pm ET Graphical tropical update:Tropics Watch SANDY - History is being written as an extreme weather event continues to unfold, one which will occupy a place in the annals of weather history as one of the most extraordinary to have affected the United States. - REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE OFFICIAL DESIGNATION IS NOW OR AT/AFTER LANDFALL -- HURRICANE (INCLUDING IF "ONLY" A CATEGORY ONE), TROPICAL STORM, POST-TROPICAL, EXTRATROPICAL, WHATEVER -- OR WHAT TYPE OF WARNINGS ARE ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AND NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER -- PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM NEED TO HEED THE THREAT IT POSES WITH UTMOST URGENCY.

Disaster Assistance Hurricane Sandy

Looks like most of the track models are in agreement on where landfall will be. Sandy continues to be a large and dangerous system and poses a major threat to portions of the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast. Residents from New England to New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia should begin to prepare for Sandy. We have been in contact with churches in 7 of the states that are in the path for damage. Now we must wait and see what the needs will be.

Hurricane Sandy: Monster Threat to East Coast

The Disaster Assistance Mission is doing as much preparing as we can to be ready incase we are needed. The ingredients awaiting Hurricane Sandy appear to be coming together to create what forecasters are calling a monster combination of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow that could cause havoc along the East Coast just before Halloween next week. "We looking at one of the worst storms on record that we've seen in this region," said Carl Parker, hurricane specialist for The Weather Channel.

Disaster Assistance - Hurricane Isaac - LaPlace, LA

Volunteers from Faith Village Church of Christ,Wichita Falls TX have been here helping all week.

Today we delivered another 288 care kits and 180 cleaning kits out into the flooded areas.

Today we delivered 264 personal care kits and 184 cleaning bucket kits out into the flooded areas.

Disaster Assistance a mission of the Church of Christ has the Mobile Headquarters setup at Laplace Church of Christ in Laplace, LA. This location is our central distribution site for meals, other food and supplies, volunteer coordination, cleanup and repair. We are also working with several congregations in the surrounding areas. As of 10/02 we had served 15,060 meals, completed 31 work orders. There are many more families that still need help. Over 7000 houses were flooded here in St John’s Parish alone. The Disaster Assistance Mission is also working with the St John’s Long Term Recovery Program, as of right now we have over 400 workorder request and many more coming in each day. These requests are for many different things (gutting out, replacing insulation, installing sheetrock and flooring, appliances and furniture, etc. We need skilled and un skilled labors and FUNDS to help them with this. Right now we have three locations where volunteers are being housed with meals and showers provided. As you know this has been a very busy year for us. This is the third disaster we have assisted with. We can continue to do this work of helping people whose lives have been devastated by disasters only with the financial support of our brothers and sisters across the U.S.

Today we received 800 buckets filled with cleaning supplies and 300 personal care kits. This will really help families have been asking for cleaning supplies everyday.