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Severe weather events and natural disasters — from storm-induced power outages to flooding — can cause a variety of challenges in and around your home. From protecting your family’s food supply to preserving your home and landscape, the information below can help residents prepare for and respond to the impacts of both short- and long-term disruptions to their homes and property.
If you have questions about food safety during an emergency, call the MSU Extension Food Safety Consumer Hotline at 1-877-643-9882.
Food Safety
- What foods are safe to keep after a power outage?
- Learn how to safety install and operate a generator during power outages
- Don’t open the freezer if the power is out
- How safe is your food after a weather emergency?
- Keep cold food safe during a power outage
- Keeping a safe food supply during weather emergencies
- Food safety during and after a power outage: Keep it or toss it out?
- Food safety issues to consider after a flood
- Food safety during and after a flood
- Keeping food safe before and after a flood
Flooding
- Cleaning up damaged trees after a windstorm
- My backyard is under water—should I be worried about my trees?
- Trees and flooding FAQs
- Winter power outages
- Will my turf recover from spring flooding?
- Protecting your septic system after a flood
- Should I be worried if flood waters reach my well?
- With flooding throughout Michigan, families must know how to protect themselves and their property
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