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Disaster 101: Your guide to extreme weather preparation, relief, and recovery

6 months 3 weeks ago
No matter where you live, extreme weather can hit your area and change your life. Whether it’s a hurricane, winter storm, flash flood, tornado, wildfire, or heat wave, disasters can damage or destroy your home and property, cause lengthy power outages, and stall civic services. Grist created a comprehensive guide to help you stay ready […]
Lyndsey Gilpin

What you should know about disaster recovery 

6 months 3 weeks ago
Your guide to this months- or years-long process, from rebuilding your home, to taking care of your mental health, avoiding scams to finding community support after you experience a hurricane, wildfire, flood, or other disaster.
Lyndsey Gilpin

What exactly is a natural disaster?

6 months 3 weeks ago
Here are the types of extreme weather you may face — from tornadoes to floods to snow storms — and the officials who determine how severe it is and how financial assistance is distributed.
Lyndsey Gilpin

How disaster relief and response work

6 months 3 weeks ago
Your guide to the agencies and programs responsible for emergency services and disaster aid, how to return home and clean up safely, navigate FEMA aid, and more after a hurricane, wildfire, flood, or other disaster.
Lyndsey Gilpin

How to prepare for a disaster

6 months 3 weeks ago
Your guide to finding accurate information, emergency kits, evacuations, protecting your home, and more if you’re at risk of a hurricane, wildfire, flood, or other disaster.
Lyndsey Gilpin