Nevada
Red Cross of Southern Nevada sees busiest month in more than 10 years
LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – The American Red Cross of Southern Nevada has cited July as its busiest month in more than a decade; it comes after three people lost their lives in fires in the past week.
“It’s horrific,” Melanie Hanson said as her apartment complex went up in flames. “It gives me chills.”
It’s something people across Southern Nevada have reported seeing a lot of lately, flames and smoke filling the skies, destroying homes and leaving many with nothing.
“Now everything is lost,” Alicia Garcia said of her apartment catching on fire. “Everything.”
The American Red Cross of Southern Nevada reported responding to 47 home fires in July which included massive blazes at four different apartment complexes.
One person also died in an apartment fire near Tropicana Avenue and Jones Boulevard on Wednesday. According to the Clark County Fire Department, that fire was contained to one unit, and no one else in the complex was impacted.
One of the fires left two men dead near Spencer Street and Flamingo Road.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” American Red Cross Community Disaster Program Manager Lowell Smith said.
Smith told 8 News Now the organization has helped 241 people find shelter after fires in the past four weeks.
He said many fires occur in older homes, apartments, and low-income areas. He also cited extreme heat and dry conditions as factors.
However, more than anything Smith called it crucial to understand the severity of these situations.
“It devastates them and they lose everything,” Smith said of people affected. “And all of a sudden their world is just thrown into chaos.”
Many have called that chaos overwhelming as they are forced to move past the trauma of destruction and start over.
“You see things like this and think it’s not going to happen,” Garcia said. “And it does happen.”
Smith said The Red Cross of Southern Nevada desperately needs disaster relief volunteers. If you’d like to help click HERE.
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LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — UNLV turned its student union plaza into a push to save lives as Nevada faces a need for organ donors.
University police and Nevada Donor Network hosted “Dogs, Donuts and Donate Life,” using K9 meet-and-greets and free donuts to get students and staff to stop by, learn about donation, and sign up on the spot.
“Partnering with police agencies, our first responders, is important here during Nationals April’s Donate Life Month because we can spread awareness about organ, eye, and tissue donation together as a trusted community source and also answer any myths or misconceptions, questions people might have about the donation process here in our community,” said Samantha Savalli of Nevada Donor Network.
MORE ON FOX5: Nevada Donor Network achieves record-breaking year for organ transplants
People can register at the DMV.
According to Nevada Donor Network, more than 100,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant right now including more than 700 people in Nevada. More than 1.6 million Nevadans are already registered as organ donors, but the need is still urgent.
For more information about organ, eye and tissue donation, visit www.nvdonor.org .
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LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Fierce widespread winds return to Southern Nevada on Tuesday!
TODAY
Wind alerts are in place across the Silver State, including HIGH WIND WARNINGS for Esmeralda and Nye County for wind gusts up to 60 mph.
Locally, a WIND ADVISORY will be in effect from 2:00 pm to 11:00 pm today in Clark County for sustained south winds 20-30 mph and wind gusts around 45 mph. Higher wind speeds 50-60 mph will be possible in the mountains. Similar gusty winds will occur across Lincoln County as well.
Rain/snow showers will be possible mainly across northern and central Nevada as this storm passes with the snow level dropping to 5,000-6,000 ft. Around a foot of snow is forecast in parts of the Sierra above 10,000 ft in elevation.
Meanwhile, we’ll see lots of sunshine in Las Vegas with “cooler” high temperatures reaching 86 degrees. That’s down from yesterday’s high of 90 degrees officially at the airport. Winds will start off light, increasing to 15-25 mph sustained winds this afternoon with wind gusts 35-45 mph.
Air quality is ranked ‘good’ to ‘moderate’ for ozone and blowing dust. Pollen levels are ‘low.’
TONIGHT
We’ll see mostly clear skies, gusty winds and colder valley low temperatures dropping to the mid 50s.
Winds will continue out of the southwest, 20-30 mph.
WHAT’S NEXT
Temperatures will drop around 10 degrees by Wednesday with valley highs in the mid 70s. Breezes will linger with west/southwest winds 10-15 mph with gusts around 25 mph.
We have a brief warm-up Thursday and Friday, ahead of another weather maker moving in this weekend. As of right now, weather models indicate breezes picking up Saturday and Sunday (SW winds 10-15 mph with gusts to 25 mph). A slight chance of mountain showers will be possible (20% odds Saturday & 30% odds Sunday on Mt. Charleston).
Temperatures will start warming up again beyond the 7-day with valley highs back in the low 80s NEXT Tuesday through Thursday.
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