Amazon has announced that it is doubling the size of its Global Disaster Relief hub in Atlanta to help communities affected by natural disasters during hurricane season, which began on June 1.

The company will donate one million critical relief supplies, increase logistics support, and double storage space in the hub, where emergency relief items will be prepositioned to address a wide range of disaster events, including hurricanes, tornadoes, wildfires, earthquakes, and humanitarian crises. The hub will be expanded to 20,000 cubic feet of fulfillment center space and support at least 10 relief organizations, including Save the Children, the American Red Cross, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, International Medical Corps, World Central Kitchen, SBP USA, MedShare, and All Hands All Hearts. The location in Atlanta enables Amazon to quickly respond to hurricanes and other natural disasters in the southeastern U.S., along the Gulf Coast, and in the Caribbean, including Puerto Rico. 

“Over the past year, the Amazon disaster relief hub has allowed us to deliver aid to communities impacted by disasters faster than ever before. We’ve utilized Amazon’s expertise in global logistics and delivery to provide help to those in need—quickly. Through our disaster relief hub in Atlanta and our humanitarian sites in Slovakia and Poland, which we built in just 10 days after the war in Ukraine started, we’ve helped our partners get critical relief items into the hands of the communities that need them the most,” said Abe Diaz, Amazon’s disaster relief lead. “Hurricane season is now officially underway, and we are ready to continue our work with dozens of community partners to support people facing crises or seeking refuge.” 

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