PHOTO/UNICEF If your family or area is affected by a major storm, set aside time to talk with your children about how they feel once things settle down. Emotional trauma can take months to heal at any age.

PHOTO/UNICEF If your family or area is affected by a major storm, set aside time to talk with your children about how they feel once things settle down. Emotional trauma can take months to heal at any age.
PHOTO/ACCUWEATHER Despite not being a named storm over Florida, the disturbance that became Tropical Storm Alex dropped heavy rain, up to 11 inches, over South and Southwest Florida.
PHOTO/AMERICA HUMANE It’s not just people we have to plan to protect during an emergency such as a hurricane — we have to keep our precious and defenseless pets safe and with us as well.
PHOTO/Courtesy UF/IFAS Photography Despite high inflation, shoppers can take advantage of in-store specials and use coupons to stock their storm supply pantry.
PHOTO/UF-IFAS EXTENSION SERVICES This tree, with the single dominant trunk and well spaced scaffold branches, is equipped to survive the next storm.
PHOTO/OSCEOLA EOC Osceola County’s Emergency Management division held a hurricane expo May 28 to get residents in the mindset of preparing for the upcoming storm season.
PHOTO/COLORADO STATE UNIV. Hurricane Dorian roars through the Bahamas as a Category 5 storm on Sept. 1, 2019. The Colorado State University tropical analysis research team predicts 20 named storms will form in the Atlantic basin during the 2022 hurricane season.