AMARILLO, TEXAS -- The Panhandle is home to some of the nation's fiercest weather and the Amarillo Chapter of the American Red Cross will be conducting a tornado disaster drill this Saturday.
The Amarillo chapter of the Red Cross, along with 21 other Texas Red Cross chapters, will take part in the statewide simulated tornado disaster response test. In a statement from the Red Cross, it says it is the group's first statewide disaster drill.
More than 600 disaster assessment volunteers will participate in the devastating weather scenario. Those volunteers will handle mock conditions after reports of dangerous storms.
Other American Red Cross chapters participating are in Beaumont, Austin, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Victoria, Dallas, Pampa, El Paso, Houston, Waco, Kerrville, Wichita Falls, Orange, Brownwood, Bay City, San Antonio, Tyler, Harlingen, Midland, Denison and Texarkana.
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
