Everything Lifesaving Foundation

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Here are our Key Messages for Thursday (6/11).

Here is what we are tracking across the country and the world today.

Three weather threats are hitting the U.S. at once. Strong storms with large hail, tornadoes, and 75 mph winds are firing up across the Mississippi Valley and Midwest, a dangerous heat wave is baking the Central U.S., and critical fire weather stretches from the Southwest into northern California.

Overseas, a powerful 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck the southern Philippines this morning, killing dozens, triggering a tsunami, and toppling buildings across Mindanao. Rescue crews are still searching the rubble.

Closer to home, families in Mississippi are still waiting on federal disaster help a month after two EF-3 tornadoes, and much of the country remains locked in drought.
We track all of it so our teams are staged before the call comes.

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Volunteers needed at EAA AirVenture!

We’re heading to Oshkosh July 20–26, and we want you on the team. Whether you’re a pilot, an aviation lover, or someone who just wants to make a real difference, there’s a spot for you at our booth.

Talk with attendees about our mission, help raise funds that go straight into our disaster response work, and be part of something bigger. No aviation experience required. Just bring the heart.

And yes, you’ll get to hang out with our Mission Lead herself, , who runs the booth better than any of us.

Every dollar we raise at AirVenture funds the relief missions that get veterans and supplies where they’re needed most.

Want in? Drop a comment or send us a message and we’ll get you the details.

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What the next few weeks of weather look like, and why we are watching closely.

The severe weather corridor is shifting north. Through June and July the heaviest storm activity moves into the Plains, Midwest, and Ohio Valley, bringing the risk of large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes. The flood zone to watch runs from Texas up through the Ohio Valley, including the Texas Hill Country that was hit so hard in 2025.

Heat is the other big story. A strengthening El Nino, which could grow into a rare super El Nino later this year, is set to push building and possibly extreme heat into the Desert Southwest and California valleys in the back half of June. Heat is the deadliest weather hazard in the country, and it stresses both people and aircraft.

Meanwhile Florida keeps getting tropical downpours during its worst drought since 2012, the Plains face dust and drought, and Western North Carolina stays on flood watch on ground Helene already broke.

We plan around forecasts like these so our teams are staged before the call comes, not after.

Follow for daily updates. Volunteer and donation links in bio.

Here is where things stand this Thursday.

Florida is the story today. Broward and Miami-Dade are under a flash flood threat with a 60 to 70 percent chance of widespread rain after days of downpours. The strange part is that Florida is in its worst drought since 2012, running 20 to 30 inches below normal along the I-10 corridor. The rain is exactly what the state needs, but it is falling so fast on hardened ground that it cannot soak in, so the same storms bringing relief are also flooding streets. This is what tropical moisture can do without ever becoming a named storm.
Elsewhere, more than 60 percent of the Lower 48 is in drought, and dust storms are picking up across the Plains. One on Interstate 29 in South Dakota caused a fatal pileup this spring. Western North Carolina stays on flood watch on ground that Helene already broke.

Flying relief is getting expensive. Jet fuel at the pump now averages nearly 8 dollars a gallon nationwide, about double where it sat in late winter. That cost rides on every relief and recon flight we put up.

Mississippi families are still waiting on federal disaster help after two EF-3 tornadoes last month.

Hurricane season is open. ELS is watching all of it. Follow for daily updates, and our volunteer and donation links are in bio

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