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Mitigation and Safety: The following links provide a host of information on what to do before, during, and after a flood to keep your family safe and your home and other personal possessions protected.

• FloodSmart.gov: Preparation and Recovery
• Insurance Institute For Business and Home Safety - Disaster Safety
• Red Cross: Preparing for floods
• NOAA's National Weather Service: Flood Safety
• Ready.gov: Basic Disaster Safety Kit

Media: Multimedia displaying the costs, dangers, and causes of small to large amounts of flooding.

• FloodSmart.gov: The Cost of Flooding
• FloodSmart.gov: Flood Risk Scenarios

Flood Insurance: Find out more information on the federally run National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that is recommended for all and required of many. Flooding is the nation's #1 natural disaster with 90% of all disasters containing some degree of flooding. Don't wait to the last minute to purchase. Besides a few exceptions, which usually involve an existing policy, there is a 30-day waiting period before flood insurance takes effect.

• CA Dept of Insurance Overview
• FloodSmart.gov: About the NFIP and Choosing Your Coverage 
• FEMA: FAQ
• FloodSmart.gov: FAQ

Flood Risk: Get an estimate of your flood risk levels based on the location of your home.

• Floodsmart.gov: One-Step Flood Risk Profile tool
• FEMA Map Service Center & MSC FEMA Product Map Search
• IBHS: Flood risk - evaluate your risk

Myth of the 100 Year Flood: This is actually a flood with a 1% chance of occurring every year, not just once every 100 years. In fact, there is a 26% of a flood during the typical 30 year mortgage on a home.

• US Geological Survey (USGS): The "100 Year Flood"
• FEMA: What is the "100-year flood?"