Five disaster responders from the Connecticut Red Cross are being deployed to the Midwest to assist in tornado aftermath efforts.
The responders are assisting both in-person and virtually.
"The Red Cross in Connecticut is assessing the needs of our neighbors in the Midwest and will provide support as needed," a spokesperson said.
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People who want to help can donate blood or make a donation on their website.
For more information about the Red Cross' tornado response efforts, click here.
Tornadoes and severe weather caused catastrophic damage across multiple states late Friday, killing at least six people overnight as a storm system tore through a candle factory in Kentucky, an Amazon facility in Illinois and a nursing home in Arkansas. The Kentucky governor said he feared dozens more could be dead.
