Beyonce and George Clooney will lead a line-up of celebrities at a telethon later this month to benefit the victims of Hurricane Harvey.
Hand in Hand: A Benefit for Hurricane Harvey Relief will air on ABC, CBS, CMT, Fox and NBC at 8pm EDT on September 12.
It will also be available to live stream at the same time on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.
Viewers will be able to donate towards relief funds by texting, calling or online throughout the show and for one hour afterwards.
![George Clooney (at the Venice Film Festival this week) will also take part in the benefit](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/14/43EE9DB900000578-4854282-image-a-11_1504619990894.jpg)
Beyonce (left in Philadelphia on Sunday) and George Clooney (right at the Venice Film Festival this week) will lead stars taking part in the Hand in Hand Hurricane Harvey Relief Benefit on September 12
Proceeds from the show will be distributed across charities including United Way of Greater Houston, Habitat for Humanity, Save the Children, Direct Relief, Feeding Texas and The Mayor’s Fund for Hurricane Harvey Relief.
Barbara Streisand, Oprah, Kelly Rowland, Adam Sandler and Jamie Foxx are among other stars who will take part. Karlie Kloss will also make an appearance as will Hollywood darlings Reese Witherspoon and Mathew Mcconaughey.
The one-hour telethon will take place primarily in Los Angeles with stages in Nashville and New York.
Country music star George Strait will perform from his own benefit concert in San Antonio.
Beyonce is a Houston native who faced calls to lead fundraising efforts from other stars after Harvey hit last week. The star celebrated her 36th birthday on Monday.
Clooney, who is at the Venice Film Festival with his wife Amal and their newborn twins, is from Kentucky which suffered heavy rain as the storm tailed off last week but did not suffer the same devastation as some of the worst hit parts of Texas.
![Reese Witherspoon will also appear at the benefit as will Good Morning America host Michael Strahan who was slammed last week for not returning from his yacht vacation to cover the hurricane while it was ongoing](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/14/43B2478600000578-4854282-image-a-7_1504619562875.jpg)
![Reese Witherspoon will also appear at the benefit as will Good Morning America host Michael Strahan who was slammed last week for not returning from his yacht vacation to cover the hurricane while it was ongoing](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/14/43EE5EFD00000578-4854282-image-a-10_1504619604438.jpg)
Reese Witherspoon will also appear at the benefit as will Good Morning America host Michael Strahan who was slammed last week for not returning from his yacht vacation to cover the hurricane while it was ongoing. He returned to the airwaves on Tuesday (right) with a live broadcast from Houston
Also taking part is Michael Strahan who was rumored to have outraged bosses at Good Morning America last week by refusing to end his vacation in order to cover the devastating natural disaster.
On Tuesday, Strahan returned to the airwaves from Houston.
The Hand in Hand benefit was announced on Tuesday. Its organizer is mega-agent Scooter Braun.
Hurricane Harvey has so far claimed at least 60 lives and destroyed 100,000 homes.
Fundraising efforts have been underway since during the storm and tens of millions of dollars have so far been raised.
NFL player J.J. Watt raised $10million for relief efforts through a YouCare online donations page to which he pledged $100,000 of his own money.
The president gave $1million of his personal fortune, the Kardashians gave $500,000 and Miley Cyrus donated $500,000 through her charity.
![Hurricane Harvey brought devastating floods to Houston and other parts of Texas. Above, homes in Orange, Texas, on August 31 ](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/14/43C0719300000578-4854282-image-a-5_1504618809631.jpg)
Hurricane Harvey brought devastating floods to Houston and other parts of Texas. Above, homes in Orange, Texas, on August 31
![Thousands lost their homes as a result of the devastating storm which has left at least 60 people dead](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/05/14/43B1C4EE00000578-4854282-image-a-6_1504618844430.jpg)
Thousands lost their homes as a result of the devastating storm which has left at least 60 people dead
Real Housewives of New York star Bethenny Frankel donated $30,000 and raised more through her charity B Strong.
Kevin Hart kicked off celebrity fundraising while Harvey was still ongoing by calling out a handful of stars to donate. He gave $25,000 himself.
Businesses have also donated to relief funds in large numbers. Most notably Walmart has raised $25million by doubling public donations to the American Red Cross and by giving additional cash itself.
Dell, which is run by Texan native Michael Dell, gave an enormous $36million.
Starbucks has pledged $250,000 and Home Depot has given $1million, the same amount pledged by Bank of America.