CHP ASSISTING HURRICANE VICTIMS.Byline: Daily News California Highway Patrol highway patrol n. A state law enforcement organization whose police officers patrol the public highways. officers will be collecting canned food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. , clothing and other relief supplies to contribute to the Central American Central America A region of southern North America extending from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia. It separates the Caribbean Sea from the Pacific Ocean and is linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama. victims of Hurricane Mitch Hurricane Mitch was one of the deadliest and most powerful hurricanes on record in the Atlantic basin, with maximum sustained winds of 180 mph (290 km/h). The storm was the thirteenth tropical storm, ninth hurricane, and third major hurricane of the 1998 Atlantic . The CHP's Newhall station, along with nine other stations countywide, will be accepting donations on weekdays through Dec. 1. Hours at the station at 28648 The Old Road are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. ``In response to the tremendous loss of life and property suffered by the victims of this horrible tragedy, CHP CHP Chapter CHP Combined Heat and Power CHP California Highway Patrol CHP Cumhuriyet Halk Partisi (Turkish: Republican People's Party) CHP Chemical Hygiene Plan (OSHA) CHP Community Health Plan officers in Los Angeles County will be collecting canned food and clothing to be sent to the victims in Honduras and Nicaragua,'' CHP officials said in a statement Tuesday. ``The two Central American countries (were) decimated by this natural disaster. The toll from this catastrophe is more than 11,000 people dead and more than 100,000 people left homeless,'' the CHP statement said. Other items being sought include blankets, shoes and jackets. For information about the relief effort and the collection drive, call Officer Tanya Kuykendall at the CHP's Newhall station, (805) 294-5540. |
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