If you aren’t sure whether your home or business is at risk from disasters caused by natural hazards, check with your local building official, city engineer, or planning and zoning administrator. They can tell you whether you are in an area where hurricanes, floods, earthquakes, wildfires, or tornadoes are likely to occur. Your county Cooperative Extension agent can also tell you how to protect yourself, your house, business, and property from different types of hazards (e.g., earthquake, flood, hurricane).
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- Build a flood dike 4-minute demonstration by Dr. Ken Hellevang, North Dakota State University Extension Engineer.
- Coastal Hazards documents in the National Sea Grant Library.
- FloodSmart.gov is the official National Flood Insurance Program Web site. Can flooding affect your community?
- DisasterAssistance.gov consolidates disaster assistance information on one Web site.
- Snow/Ice preparedness information.
- Influenza preparedness information.