Hurricane Season Information

Keep Yourself Healthy and Safe from
Hurricanes and Tornadoes

The aftermath of an unexpected tornado, flood or power outage can pose a serious health risk for you and your family. It's best to prepare for a hurricane or tornado before it strikes. Once a disaster hits, you may not have the time or the ability to get supplies

Hurricane season typically runs June 1 through November 30. Tornadoes can occur any time of the year. Most of the tornadoes that hit Virginia occur in August and September and are associated with the remnants of hurricanes. Tornadoes often strike with little or no advance warning.

Preparing for a Hurricane or Tornado
There are many resources available to help prepare for storms.

Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management - Emergency Information page .
American Red Cross - Disaster Safety Hurricane page.
Virginia Department of Emergency Management - Hurricane updates .

Specific to tornadoes:
Virginia Department of Emergency Management - Tornado Preparedness
Federal Emergency Management Agency - Tornado fact sheet.

Hurricane Readiness
Centers for Disease Control -Key Facts About Hurricane Readiness.
Virginia Department of Emergency Management - Home page.

Small Business Readiness - Virginia Business Emergency Survival Toolkit.
This web site has been created as a tool to help businesses prepare for, respond to and recover from disasters. It explains types of emergencies and the problems they pose; gives you information on how to prepare for them and how to recover from them; and helps you put it all together in an emergency preparedness plan.

Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)- Home page.
FEMA Hurricane hazards fact sheets.
Federal Emergency Management Agency Preparation and Prevention Library.  Printed copies of many of the resources listed in the FEMA Library are available in the FEMA Publication Distribution Center (call 1-800-480-2520 for ordering information) and available in Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (pdf) on the web site.

Stay Healthy and Safe: Recovering from a Hurricane or Tornado. If a hurricane or tornado strikes, the following guidelines (organized by health topic) can help keep you and your family healthy and safe.

Food Safety after a Power Outage
Food Safety after a Fire
Food Safety of Frozen Canned Foods
Food Safety for Food Establishments
Food safety - General information
Well and Septic Emergency Information - After Flooding and Power Outage
Drinking Water information
Preventing Disease in a Flood
Preventing Injury in a Flood
Carbon monoxide precautions - Emergency Heating and Lighting after power outage.
Mold precautions and clean-up
Clean up of Flood Damaged Buildings
Mosquito-borne disease prevention
Electrical hazards
Candle safety
Heat Exhaustion and Fatigue-related injuries
Dealing with Wild and Domestic Animals in a Disaster

Hurricane Information

NASA Hurricane Resource center
Hurricane Fact Sheet
Specific Hurricane Topics

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Hurricane Center / Tropical Prediction Center
National Hurricane Awareness Week