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Turkey and Syria earthquake: In early 2023, a massive earthquake impacted Turkey and Syria. Hurricane Ian: In response to Hurricane Ian, Target partnered with the American Red Cross, Team Rubicon, and local nonprofits to provide $5 million in disaster response efforts.
Turkey and Syria earthquake: In early 2023, a massive earthquake impacted Turkey and Syria. Hurricane Ian: In response to Hurricane Ian, Target partnered with the American Red Cross, Team Rubicon, and local nonprofits to provide $5 million in disaster response efforts.
Whether it’s global heatwaves, flooding in Pakistan, Canadian wildfires that block out the sun, decade-long droughts in Africa, or ever more powerful hurricanes, natural disasters have our attention. Seeing a problem—like the February earthquake in Turkey and Syria —many will act to mitigate it. That is no longer the case.
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