• After a Disaster Check here for information from the American Red Cross about the steps you can take after a disaster to recover from a disaster. Learn about what to do right after disaster strikes: food and water safety, generators, financial considerations, and more.
• Be Prepared Disaster can strike quickly and without warning. It can force you to evacuate your neighborhood or confine you to your home. What would you do if basic services--water, gas, electricity or telephones--were cut off? Local officials and relief workers will be on the scene after a disaster, but they cannot reach everyone right away. Therefore, the best way to make your family and your home safer is to be prepared before disaster strikes.