OTTAWA-AREA TORNADOES: How you can help

Sunday, September 23, 2018, 12:11 PM - Clean-up efforts are underway after two powerful tornadoes ripped through the Ottawa region Friday, upending trees, destroying power lines and sending six people to the hospital.

Hundreds of people are displaced in Gatineau, Quebec with multiple homes destroyed.

On Friday evening, 600 people were in need of shelter.

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Power lines are destroyed in some areas, and as of Sunday morning, some 70,000 customers remained without power. Officials say the damage is severe and it could be several days before all systems are fully functioning.

Here's how you can help people impacted by the tornadoes.

• RED CROSS: Gatineau-area  | Ottawa area
• GO FUND ME: Ottawa Senators and fans Go Fund Me
• DONATE BLOOD: Canadian Blood Services
• DONATIONS: Autobus Campeau Bus Lines is driving around affected areas to pick up donations that will be dropped off at shelters. Call 613-721-5500 EXT 214 to arrange for a pick-up.

RESOURCES

• TEMPORARY SHELTER: Dunrobin area: There is anemergency shelter and lodging site at West Carleton High School, 3088 Dunrobin Road.  For the Hunt Club/Riverside area and the Hunt Club-Greenbank area: Please contact the Goulbourn Recreation Complex, 1500 Shea Road. 
• CITY OF OTTAWA: Visit the City of Ottawa for a complete list of what's open and closed, and what facilities have electricity.

VIDEO: LOCALS DESCRIBE TORNADO DAMAGE IN DUNROBIN