2020: When a Pandemic and Extreme Weather Collided
Omar Padilla is asked COVID-19 health screening questions by Red Cross volunteer Cristian Calvillo at a shelter at the Sonoma County Fairgrounds for those fleeing a wildfire in Santa Rosa, California. (Dennis Drenner/American Red Cross) At a Glance The pandemic took hold just as severe weather season kicked off.2020 brought record fires, hurricanes and heat waves.Sheltering was especially complicated. The coronavirus pandemic took hold in the United States in March, just as the annual severe weather season was kicking off....