“In less than five minutes, everything was gone.”Everything was gone in communities like his across this town in the Rogue Valley, just south of Medford, Ore. Luz said authorities drove through the town with megaphones telling people to leave and sent as many alerts as possible via the local news media. That’s what hurts the most.”Gomez is part of a large Latino community here in Phoenix, where many of his extended relatives from Mexico also live. ADJust down the road from Gomez, his sister, Beatriz Gomez, 41, said the majority of people in her mobile home park were Latino. ADBut on the side of his home, a tarp still stood, covering chairs that were still somehow arranged as Gomez had left them.

Source: Washington Post September 10, 2020 22:30 UTC