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Report providing quick reference guide information to help a family prepare for hurricane season, including seven steps to a wind resistant home, a wind inspection checklist, and how to find a contractor.

Guide from Building Science Corporation on how to construct a flood and hurricane resistant home.

Fact sheet describing how to prepare for hurricane season and mitigate damage from floods and high winds.

Factsheet describing smart practices for minimizing damage to residential electrical service components during coastal and riverine flood events.

Report covering the planning, design, construction, and operation of residential and community safe rooms. Written for architects, engineers, building officials, local officials and emergency managers, and prospective safe room owners and operators.

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

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

Website containing USGS-related publications related to natural hazards.

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

Database describing FEMA preparedness webinars including natural hazard preparedness.

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

Article describing suggested food supplies, sanitation, safety, and cooking for during and after an emergency.

Guide describing how and where to install flashings in order to weatherproof a roof.

Web page providing statistics on weather related fatalities and injuries.

Website containing resources from the nonprofit FLASH, which "is the country’s leading consumer advocate for strengthening homes and safeguarding families from natural and manmade disasters."

Activity sheets describing questions and preparedness action items for a variety of disasters including floods, fires, earthquakes, and winter weather.

Article summarizing the IBHS stance on building practices that can mitigate the impact of high winds and storm surge on structures.

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

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.

Guide providing information for professional builders and contractors rehabbing flooded single-family houses with emphasis on safe practices and the most important activities in the rehab process.

A review on the knowledge about ventilated wall claddings from field performance and hydrothermal modeling.

Factsheet describing tips for building or renovating with a focus on disaster resistance.

Report providing information on ways to incentivize funding of hazard mitigation programs.

Article describing how omission of two small but critical wall details, a kick-out flashing and a weep screed, lead to extensive water damage to a wall.

Factsheet from HUD describing how to properly rebuild following natural disasters in Puerto Rico.

Report describing the research gap in the connection between resilience and energy efficiency.

Report describing the experience gained from AIA’s Disaster Assistance Program with first-hand accounts of disaster response and recovery, case studies and other best practices, including approaches to designing buildings to be more adaptable to uncertainty.

Report providing guidelines and procedures to determine whether damaged or potentially damaged buildings are safe for use after wind storms or floods, or if entry should be restricted or prohibited.

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.