Camilla, Georgia—Tornadoes

February 2000

On Monday, February 14, 2000, NDR deployed a mobile satellite unit and three team members to Camilla, Georgia after a severe tornado struck that area early on Monday morning. The team was on site by 5:30 PM EST. After discussions with the Red Cross, the team located the satellite unit at a shelter at Mitchell Middle School in Camilla and established a phone bank.

Between 8:00 AM EST and 8:00 PM EST on Tuesday, February 15, 2000, the team provided free local and long distance phone calls for storm victims and relief workers at the Mitchell Middle School shelter. Three lines were dedicated for administrative use by the Red Cross.

One of NDR's mobile satellite units deployed at
Mitchell Middle School in Camilla, Georgia.

Red Cross shelter at Mitchell Middle School in Camilla.

The storm that struck Camilla was one of the most severe in Georgia in the last fifty years. At least nineteen people were killed, over one-hundred were injured, and nearly 200 homes were destroyed.