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Ivan Dissipates, Victims Survey Damages, Relief Groups Rebuild Churches
Posted: Monday September 20, 2004 4:43 PM EST
By Pauline J. Chang
Members of the congregation of the First Baptist Church in Atmore, Ala., reach out to touch the fallen church steeple Sunday Sept. 19, 2004. The town was hit by several tornados spawned by Hurricane Ivan. The congregation held a ‘come as you are,’ prayer service in the nearby chapel because the church was too damaged. (AP Photo/Joe Cavaretta)

The remnants of Hurricane Ivan dissipated over the Atlantic Ocean over the weekend, but only after a 12-day rampage that left 108 dead and billions of infrastructures ruined. As residents of the gulf shore states surveyed the damages incurred by the massive storm, Christian relief groups gathered their troops and units to serve the victims and rebuild the many churches whose roofs and steeples were torn off by the burly winds.


Reproduced with permission from The Christian Post.
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