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National Preparedness Month (NPM): Preparing for a Possible Weather Emergency

September 08, 2017 Clara Yuvienco, Food Safety Education Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service

The last severe weeks have shown how devastating natural disaster can be. In Texas and Louisiana, hundreds of thousands of people were left without electricity and billions of dollars of property damage was sustained from Hurricane Harvey. Shortly after, Hurricane Irma became one of the strongest...

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Do YOU Have a Plan to Keep Food Safe during Severe Weather?

September 23, 2015 Christopher Bernstein, Food Safety Education Staff, Food Safety and Inspection Service, USDA

Disaster can strike at anytime and any place. You might live in a region of the country that already has experienced some form of extreme weather event, such as wildfires, extreme cold and snow, or obstructive tornadoes, to name a few. All of these events result in power outages for hundreds of...

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