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Know your voting rights before, during, and after a disaster
If extreme weather disrupts local services or destroys your belongings around election day, here’s how to make sure you can still cast your ballot.
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How disaster relief and response work
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.
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What exactly is a natural disaster?
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.
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How to find housing and rebuild your home after a disaster
A guide for renters and homeowners on knowing your rights, as well as how to handle FEMA aid and insurance claims, avoid contractor scams, and rebuild in a way that protects your home.
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What you should know about disaster recovery
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.
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Know your rights as an immigrant before, during, and after disasters
Here are trusted, reliable resources to use during extreme weather or natural disasters for non-English speakers and undocumented immigrants.
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How to protect your health if a disaster strikes your community
Your guide to the biggest health consequences of extreme weather — from mosquito-and tick-borne illnesses to mental health issues — and how to best prepare for them.
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How climate change is intensifying hurricanes
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.
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How climate change is supercharging wildfires
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters — and how they may be playing out where you live.
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How climate change may be affecting tornadoes
The latest science on the link between climate change and natural disasters— and how they may be playing out where you live.
