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Resources that address disasters that occur naturally, including weather events and disease outbreaks

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Hurricanes, Tornadoes, and Storms - Children & Disasters
Hurricane, Tornado, General Weather
Population-Specific Recommendations for Protection From Exposure to Mold in Flooded Buildings
Flood
Assessing Health Vulnerability to Climate Change: A Guide for Health Departments
All-Hazards, General Weather
Preventing Summer Heat Illness
Heat Wave
Memorandum of Understanding - Collaborating During an Emergency
Accidental Incident, Weather
Staying Cool in a Changing Climate: Reaching Vulnerable Populations during Heat Events
General Weather, Heat Wave
A Study of Heat Related Illness Preparedness in Homeless Veterans
Heat Wave
Disaster Distress Helpline: Coping with Long-Term Effects of Hurricane Sandy (Multiple Languages)
Hurricane
Surviving Severe Weather: Tools to Promote Emergency Preparedness for People Experiencing Homelessness
Flood, Earthquake, Landslide, Tornado, Hurricane, Heat Wave, Wildfires, Winter Storm
UN Report Finds 90 Percent of Disasters Are Weather-Related
Weather
Winter Safe Generator Safety in Somali
Winter Storm
Winter Safe Generator Safety in Spanish
Winter Storm
Winter Safe Generator Safety in Vietnamese
Winter Storm
Family Readiness Guide: In Case of an Emergency - Are You Ready?
Hazmat, Influenza, Hurricane, Tornado, Flood
Hurricane Awareness Timeline - Alabama Dept. Public Health
Hurricane
Earthquake Preparedness Guide For People with Disabilities and Access & Functional Needs (AFN)
Earthquake
Lines that divide, ties that bind: race, class, and gender in women's flood recovery in the US and UK
Flood
Disaster Planning and Risk Communication With Vulnerable Communities: Lessons From Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane
The Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Food Access Disparities in New Orleans
Hurricane
Experiences of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in Houston Shelters: Implications for Future Planning
Hurricane
Hurricane Andrew: Ethnicity, Gender and the Sociology of Disasters
Hurricane
Helping Children Cope With Disasters and Terrorism
All-Hazards, Terrorism or Intentional Incident, General Weather
Emergency Handbook for Food Managers
Tornado, Flood, Fire, Chemical, Biological
Survivor Tales Comic Book Series
Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane
Preparedness Tips for Pregnant Moms & Families with Infants
All-Hazards, Earthquake, Hurricane, Tornado, Fire
American Red Cross Hurricane App
Hurricane
The Racial Divide in Response to the Aftermath of Katrina: A Boundary Condition for Common Ingroup Identity Model
Hurricane
Preparedness Education for Vulnerable Populations
General Weather
Alaska Tsunami Education Program Website
Tsunami
Human Rights and Natural Disasters: Operational Guidelines and Field Manual on Human Rights Protection in Situations of Natural Disaster
General Weather
City of Bellevue Educational Materials
All-Hazards, Heat Wave, Winter Storm, Influenza
Preventing Summer Heat Injuries Handout
Heat Wave
The Aftershock of Katrina and Rita: Public Not Moved to Prepare Facts–at-a-Glance
Hurricane
Earthquake Fact Sheet (Multiple Languages)
Earthquake
Are You Ready for a Flash Flood? Fact Sheet (Multiple Languages)
Flood
Are You Ready for a Hurricane? Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Hurricane
Landslide Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Landslide
Windstorms Fact Sheet (Spanish)
Tornado
Information on Cleaning Volcanic Ash
Volcano
Mental Health Care for Ethnic Minority Individuals and Communities in the Aftermath of Disasters and Mass Violence
General Weather, General Terrorism or Intentional Incident
Hurricane Katrina-Related Immigration Issues and Legislation
Hurricane
The Volcanic Adventures of Terry the Turtle and Gracie the Wonder Dog (Elementary K-6) Children's Short Preparedness Book
Earthquake
DiversityPreparedness.Org E-Newsletter Issue I
Hurricane
DiversityPreparedness.Org E-Newsletter III
All-Hazards, Earthquake, Influenza
The Long Road Home: Race, Class, and Recovery from Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane
Putting Down Roots in Earthquake Country
Earthquake
Earthquake Country Alliance Website
Earthquake
The 2006 California heat wave: impacts on hospitalizations and emergency department visits
Heat Wave
Questions and Answers for Undocumented Immigrants Regarding FEMA Assistance
All-Hazards, General Weather
Hurricane Recovery: Federal Government Provided a Range of Assistance to Nonprofits Following Hurricane Katrina and Rita
Hurricane
Church-based Social Capital, Networks, and Geographical Scale: Katrina Evacuation, Relocation, and Recovery in a New Orleans Vietnamese American Community
Hurricane
Disaster Ambassador Preparedness Program
Hurricane, All-Hazards
Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago
Heat Wave
Mass Casualty Patient Self-Assessment Form
All-Hazards, General Weather, Terrorism or Intentional Incident
Latino Disaster Vulnerability The Dissemination of Hurricane Mitigation Information Among Florida’s Homeowners
Hurricane
Risk Perceptions, Race, and Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane
Voices of the Storm: Health Experiences of Low-Income Katrina Survivors
Hurricane
Environmental Justice Through The Eye of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane
In the Wake of Katrina: The Continuing Saga of Housing and Rebuilding in New Orleans
Hurricane
Blackouts - What You Need to Know
General Weather
Floods - What You Need to Know
All-Hazards, Flood
Heat Wave - What You Need to Know
Heat Wave
Lightning - What You Need to Know
Lightning
Downed Power Lines - What You Need to Know
All-Hazards, General Weather
Sheltering in Place - What You Need to Know
All-Hazards, General Weather
Tornadoes - What You Need to Know
Tornado
Winter Storms and Extreme Cold - What You Need to Know
Winter Storm
Despite Last Year's Devastating Hurricane Season, One-Third In High-Risk Areas Say They May Ignore Evacuation Order
Hurricane
Guidance for Establishing Crisis Standards of Care for Use in Disaster Situations
All-Hazards, Influenza, General Weather
Avalanche Preparedness Website
Avalanche
Preparing Tall Furniture for Earthquakes Flyer
Earthquake
Drought Hazard Tips Website
Drought
How to Secure a Bookshelf Video (Multiple Languages)
Earthquake
Kitchen and Cabinet Safety During an Earthquake Flyer and Video
Earthquake
How to Properly Inspect Homes for Earthquake Damage (Flyer and Video)
Earthquake
Earthquake Preparedness: Video on Securing Dishes (Multiple Languages)
Earthquake
Hurricane Katrina: prior trauma, poverty and health among Vietnamese-American survivors
Hurricane
Post Traumatic Stress, Context, and the Lingering Effects of Hurricane Katrina Disaster Among Ethnic Minority Youth
Hurricane
Hazard and Outrage: Developing a Psychometric Instrument in the Aftermath of Katrina
Hurricane
Boŋ Feerey: A Teaching and Learning Methodology for Healing the Wounds of Distance, Displacement, and Loss Caused by Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane
Crisis preparation, media use, and information seeking: patterns across Katrina evacuees and lessons learned for crisis communication
All-Hazards, Hurricane
Displacement of the Underserved: Medical Needs of Hurricane Katrina Evacuees in West Virginia
Hurricane
A Mobile Medical Care Approach Targeting Underserved Populations in post-Hurricane Katrina Mississippi
Hurricane
Ethnicity, Culture, and Disaster Response: Identifying and Explaining Ethnic Differences in PTSD Six Months After Hurricane Andrew
Hurricane
Disparities by Race in Heat-Related Mortality in Four US Cities: The Role of Air Conditioning Prevalence
Heat Wave
King County Earthquake Tabletop Exercise and Improvement Plan
Earthquake
Kids Weather Website
General Weather
Tsunami Website for Kids
Tsunami
Preparing For Next Disaster Takes Community Effort
General Weather
My Flood Book (Children's Book)
Flood
Natural Disasters and Cultural Responses - Studies in Third World Societies
General Weather
Immigrant Eligibility for Disaster Assistance
General Weather
Are You Ready for a Winter Storm? Fact Sheet
Winter Storm
Addressing the Needs of Immigrants and Limited English Proficient (LEP) Communities in Disaster Planning and Relief
General Weather
NOAA's Oil Spill Response: Hurricanes and the Oil Spill
Hurricane, Oil Spill
Leon the Lion's Lightning Safety Game
Lightning
Rip Currents Brochure
Rip Currents
How Far Have We Come Since Hurricane Katrina? Challenges and Opportunities
Hurricane
Latino Workers Decided to Stay During Gustav - News Article
Hurricane
The Northridge Earthquake: Community-based Approaches to Unmet Recovery Needs
Earthquake
Hurricane Katrina Wrecks New Orleans Bangladeshi Community - News Article
Hurricane
No Shelter From the Storm - News Article
Hurricane
‘Never Again,’ Again - News Article
Hurricane
Race, Hurricane Katrina, and Government Satisfaction: Examining the Role of Race in Assessing Blame
Hurricane
Pennsylvania Emergency Preparedness Guide (Includes Planning for Special Needs)
All-Hazards, Fire, Earthquake, Flood, Hurricane, Landslide, Tornado, Winter Storm, Nuclear, Dam Failure, Terrorism or Intentional Incident, Chemical
Communicating throughout Katrina: Competing and Complementary Conceptual Lenses on Crisis Communication
Hurricane
Communicating Across Cultures: Improving Translation to Improve Complex Emergency
Hurricane
Just-in-Time Lecture: Hurricanes
Hurricane
"They Blew the Levee": Distrust of Authorities Among Hurricane Katrina Evacuees
Hurricane
Ready New York: Beat the Heat Guide
Heat Wave
Racial Identity - Related Differential Attributions of Inadequate Responses to Hurricane Katrina: A Social Identity Perspective
Hurricane
Race, Class, and Hurricane Katrina: Social Differences in Human Responses to Disaster
Hurricane
National Weather Service Presentation on Severe Heat in Western Washington
Heat Wave
Shake Out: Great ShakeOut Earthquake Drills
Earthquake
Adjusting to Uncertainty: Coping Strategies Among the Displaced After Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane
Risk Communication in Southern California: Ethnic and Gender Response to 1995 Revised, Upgraded Earthquake Probabilities
Earthquake
Texans with Disabilities - Preparedness for Cold Weather Checklist
Winter Storm
Translating Disaster Article
Hurricane
Article on Surviving a Tsunami - Lessons from Chile, Hawaii, and Japan
Tsunami
University of Colorado at Boulder: Natural Hazards Center
General Weather
Coping with Unconfirmed Death: Tips for Caregivers of Children and Teens
All-Hazards, Terrorism or Intentional Incident, General Weather
Galveston Hurricane and Healthy Neighborhood Scenarios Workbook
Hurricane
Brochure on Volcanic Ashfall: How to Be Prepared for an Ashfall
Volcano
Fact Sheet on Volcanoes
Volcano
Action Plans for Various Emergencies in Washington State
Earthquake, Volcano, Tsunami, Chemical
Washington State Guide to Weather Safety
Heat Wave, Winter Storm, Tornado, Flood, All-Hazards
Volcano Information Website
Volcano
Windstorms Fact Sheet
Windstorms
Protecting Your Family From Earthquakes—The Seven Steps to Earthquake Safety (in English, Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean)
Earthquake
Windstorms Brochure: On Protecting Your Family and Property from the Hazards of Violent Windstorms
Windstorms
Winter Preparedness and Extreme Cold Safety Video
Winter Storm
WinterSafe Brochure on Preparing for the Next Winter Storm
Winter Storm
The Beautiful Mountain in the Sky: How to be Safe if a Lahar Flows Down the Mountain (Children's Book)
Volcano
Drought Preparedness Website
Drought
Earthquake Fact Sheet
Earthquake
The Earthquake Adventures of Terry and Gracie
Earthquake
Learning How to Survive Earthquakes Website
Earthquake
Emergency Procedure Templates for Schools (Multiple Scenarios)
Biological, Explosive, Chemical, Earthquake, Flood, Hazmat, Terrorism or Intentional Incident, Disease Outbreak, Radiation, All-Hazards, General Weather
Floods Fact Sheet
Flood
Hot Weather Precautions Fact Sheet
Heat Wave
Kidz Disaster Center
Earthquake, Volcano, Landslide, Tsunami
Landslide and Mud Flows Fact Sheet
Landslide
Learning About Natural Disasters with Coloring Pages, Word Puzzles, and Word Games
General Weather
The Natural Disasters Puzzle Book: Learning Activities for Kids K-5
General Weather
Earthquake and Tsunami Poster
Earthquake, Tsunami
Tsunami Fact Sheet
Tsunami
How the Smart Family Survived a Tsunami (Children's Book)
Tsunami
Weather Radios: Where to Purchase, Features
General Weather
Katrina's Vietnamese Victims - News Article
Hurricane
Red Cross Bolstering Minority Outreach - News Article
Hurricane
Brazilian Mobile Consulate Survey
All-Hazards, Hurricane
Mexican Mobile Consulate Survey
All-Hazards, Hurricane