Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Disaster relief in the wake of Harvey

Some 32,000 people are seeking emergency shelter in Houston. We check in on the shelters, some of which were unprepared for the influx. The Red Cross had to ration food at one shelter. We look at the questionable history of the Red Cross in disasters, from Superstorm Sandy to the quake in Haiti.

By Madeleine Brand • Aug 30, 2017 • 47m Listen

Photo: A rescue boat evacuates people from the rising waters of Buffalo Bayou following Hurricane Harvey in a neighborhood west of Houston, Texas, U.S., August 30, 2017. (Carlo Allegri/Reuters)

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Disaster relief in the wake of Harvey

Some 32,000 people are seeking emergency shelter in Houston. We check in on the shelters, some of which were unprepared for the influx. The Red Cross had to ration food at one shelter. We look at the questionable history of the Red Cross in disasters, from Superstorm Sandy to the quake in Haiti.

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Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Disaster relief in the wake of Harvey

Some 32,000 people are seeking emergency shelter in Houston. We check in on the shelters, some of which were unprepared for the influx. The Red Cross had to ration food at one shelter. We look at the questionable history of the Red Cross in disasters, from Superstorm Sandy to the quake in Haiti.

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