ECHO Health Update

ECHO FLOOD UPDATE - FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA
Residents of Fargo/Moorhead are returning home and beginning flood clean up.  Follow the link below for details.

Flood Clean Up Resources
From the Minnesota Dept. of Health (MDH)
From Federal Emergency Management Assoc. (FEMA)
From Minnesota Recovers
From the Center for Disease Control (CDC)

Evacuation and Flood Safety Resources from ECHO
ECHO has provided the following information for distribution and awareness to help inform limited-English speaking audiences about flood and evacuation safety using ECHO Phone (888-883-8831), ECHO, Web (www.echominnesota.org) and for circulation through ECHO Partners ( e-subscribe).

Please click on the links below for a PDF copy of these recent translations and share with audiences who may benefit. 

• SPANISH – Evacuation preps and action / FARGO materials in print, audio and video formats    
•  KURDISH – Evacuation preps and action / FARGO (print only)
•  BOSNIAN-SERBIAN-CROATIAN - Evacuation preps and action/FARGO (print only)
• SOMALI – Evacuation preps and action / FARGO materials in print, audio and video formats
• ENGLISH - Evacuation preps and action/FARGO

Additionally and in cooperation with our public health and safety partners, ECHO is providing general evacuation, flood safety, and emergency readiness information in multiple languages on ECHO PHONE, and on our website.

We will continue to provide updates as necessary.  Please stay tuned to media reports.

Additional resources:
Clay County 2009 Flood Information
Minnesota Department of Health - Spring Flooding 2009

AUDIO RESOURCES
For flood and evacuation information in 10 languages call ECHO Phone toll free  1.888.883.8831.  (Available in Spanish, Hmong, Somali, Lao, Kurdish, Bosnian-Serbian-Croatian, Arabic, Russian, Oromo and English).

ELECTRONIC, VIDEO AND PRINT VERSIONS
Severe Weather Warning (includIing flood information) -

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