Springdale, just north of Fayetteville, has about 85,000 people and is home to the our largest Marshallese community. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, an EF-3 tornado touched down at 4:04 a.m. near the NWA Mall and continued for 5.2 miles between the Northwest Arkansas Mall and The Jones Center. It later spawned an EF-1 tornado […]
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Over 800 meals and 350 hygiene housing kits were delivered and with financial donations 20 individuals had temporary housing in hotels within the first couple of days after the tornado impacted Springdale, Arkansas on Wednesday Marsh 30, 2022. Clothes and hygiene products, as well as food, are available at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 2925 Old
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Early Sunday morning, February 27 2021, around 2AM, Waan Aelōn̄ Majeļ burned down. No casualties or injuries. No damage to PSS nearby except for a loss of power to surrounding buildings. The workshop, most of the tools including logging equipment, the entire office with all documents, old artifacts and the WAM truck were lost to
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Two major winter snow and ice storms hit the south particularly hard in February 2021 causing 237 confirmed fatalities, most of which were in Texas. The Category 3 winter storms (February 13-17 and February 15-20) were followed by a cold wave that made recovery efforts difficult. The storm set record snowfall for a two-day period
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Check out the NOAA satellite footage of the underwater volcanic eruption in Tonga yesterday. The volcano on Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai erupted last month on Dec. 20, 2021 and again on Jan. 13, 2022. Tonga’s capital of Nuku’alofa, which is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) south of the volcano, was hit by a 4-foot tsunami wave.
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Since moving to Iowa last year, I have learned that there is little to slow the wind in the Great Plains. And, a few months ago, the wind woke me from my sleep. I checked my weather app and saw an advisory to stay off the roads. Winds up to 30-40 mph would be strong
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The new coronavirus variant of concern, the Omicron variant, has mutated in such a way that it is overcomes immunity from past infection or vaccination. It likely spreads just as easily as the Delta variant, but it causes more breakthrough infections, which is when someone who has been vaccinated develops symptoms (usually milder symptoms). According
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Finding a space large enough for a community event continues to be a challenge for the Marshallese community in Dubuque, Iowa. There continues to be fewer spaces available as the pandemic drags on. The more than 2,000 Marshallese that live in Iowa, in the city centers of Dubuque, Waterloo and Ottumwa, are finding new spaces
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We caught up with Selina Leem who recently participated and presented at the TED Summit Program and COP26 Summit in Glasgow, Scotland. Selina was the youngest delegate to speak at the climate summit in 2015, attending with Tony deBrum and making the closing statement on behalf of the Marshall Islands. Selina opened the COP26 Heads
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On the afternoon of Friday November 5, the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese hosted another COVID-19 Vaccine clinic at the Center for Nonprofits in the JTL shop in Springdale, Arkansas. Among the Arkansas Coalition of Marshallese staff that were present at the event included ACOM’s Project Manager, Stephanie Takamaru, recently joined intern, Lewisa Lawin, as wellas
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