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<h1>National Library of Medicine<span class="registered">&#174;</span> Offers Disaster Information Resources on Hurricanes and Wildfires</h1>
<p class="editorsnote"><em>[Editor's Note: This is a reprint of an announcement published on the NLM<span class="registered">&#174;</span>
Web site on August 31, 2009. To be notified of announcements like this subscribe to <a href="//www.nlm.nih.gov/listserv/emaillists.html">NLM-Announces e-mail list</a>.] </em> </p>
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<span class="initcap">W</span>
ith the hurricane season upon us and continuing battles with
wildfires, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
leads federal efforts to provide online health and safety information
for people in the path of a hurricane or wildfire.</p>
<p>For wildfire information, go to: <a href=
"http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/californiafires.html">http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/californiafires.html</a>.
Learn how to prepare and protect yourself from wildfires, and get
information on how the smoke and particulate matter may affect
your health.</p>
<p>And for up-to-date information on hurricanes, go to: <a href=
"http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html">http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/hurricane.html</a>.
Here, you can find information on everything from taking care of
pets during a storm to food safety for consumers upon returning
home after a hurricane.</p>
<p>A complete list of disaster health Web link pages can be found
at: <a href=
"http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/subjectguides.html">http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/dimrc/subjectguides.html</a>.</p>
<p>Additionally, the National Library of Medicine (NLM) has
numerous Web sites that provide information for the general
public, emergency planners, and public health professionals.
The NLM Web site, <a href=
"http://medlineplus.gov">http://medlineplus.gov</a> contain
numerous Web pages with easy-to-understand information for the
general public, available in English and Spanish.</p>
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<li>Hurricanes <a href=
"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hurricanes.html">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hurricanes.html</a></li>
<li>Floods <a href=
"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/floods.html">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/floods.html</a></li>
<li>Disaster Preparation and Recovery <a href=
"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html">
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html</a></li>
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<p>En espa&ntilde;ol</p>
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<li>Huracanes <a href=
"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/hurricanes.html">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/hurricanes.html</a></li>
<li>Inundaciones <a href=
"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/floods.html">http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/floods.html</a></li>
<li>Preparativos y recuperaci&oacute;n ante un desastre <a href=
"http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html">
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/disasterpreparationandrecovery.html</a>
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