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Website providing guidance for people to find and use tools, information, and subject matter expertise to build climate resilience.

Guidance document from the UN environment programme on climate-resilient buildings and communities practices, including guidance on heat waves, drought, hurricanes, and flooding.

Report describing retrofitting options and methodology for architects, developers, and property owners to use when making decisions about retrofits for common building types in NY.

A map describing the average temperature of shallow groundwater in Fahrenheit across the continental United States.

Website providing series of short how-to videos, infographics and more resources on cleaning up a home after a flood.

This document includes tips for safely and effectively cleaning up a home after a flood. It is available in several languages.

Report covering the reconstruction of flood damaged homes.

Report providing strategies to support occupant behavior changes for enhancing resilience, and to reduce a building's vulnerability to extreme weather, climate change, and loss of power.

Website describing and providing a map showing the tsunami risk index for the United States, which home owners and builders can use to determine the tsunami risk of their location.

Report providing recommended designs and guidance for rebuilding homes destroyed by hurricanes in the Gulf Coast.

Report providing guidance on designing buildings to be flood resistant.

Website providing information to the public about preparing for floods and floods related to fires.

Document describing what levees are, how they work, and who owns them.

Website containing USGS-related publications related to natural hazards.

Website describing the national flood insurance program and how to purchase flood insurance.

Webpage describing how to elevate major appliances in case of a flood.

Utility webpage describing the monetary costs associated with excess flow valves for TECO in Florida.

Report covering reducing risk from flooding.

Website helping communities address coastal issues with data, tools, and training resources.

Webpage providing maps and information to assess the particular hazards and risks for an area.

Document describing living shoreline techniques for shoreline stabilization.

FEMA guidance for flood damage in areas prone to flooding.

Brochure outlining what is covered under the National Flood Insurance Program

Flyer from the City of Ellensburg WA describing what an excess flow valve is, how they work, and associated costs.

FEMA document defining key coastal and flood hazard terms.

Document describing commonly used terms in the context of levees and what they mean.

Report providing guidance on wet floodproofing crawlspaces, unfinished basements, and garages.

Online geospatial map with interactive viewer showing flood risk areas and base flood elevations

Online geospatial map with interactive viewer showing flood risk areas and base flood elevations

Report providing tools and resources to help community planners to improve coastal resilience.