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  <h1 style="color:#DF7636;">EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK</h1>
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  <h2 style="color:#8A92A6;">MAY 5-11, 2024</h2>
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<div style="text-align: center; padding: 20 px"><a style="color:#DF7636;"><b>Emergency Preparedness Week</b></a> encourages Canadians to take concrete actions to be <a href="https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news//lifestyle/community/alert-ready-test-to-happen-on-may-8-2024-part-of-emergency-preparedness-week-in-canada"target="_blank" style="color:#DF7636;"><b>better prepared to protect themselves and their families during emergencies</b></a>. The Weather Network has prepared a variety of content to help you prepare in the event of natural disasters and weather alerts such as floods, landslides and wildfires.</div>

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<div style="text-align: center; padding: 20 px"><b><a style="background-color: #DF7636; color:#FFFFFF;">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Be prepared!&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</a></b></div>

<div style="text-align: center; padding: 20 px"><a href="https://twitter.com/Get_Prepared" target="_blank" style="color:#8A92A6;"><b>@Get_Prepared</b></a> on X and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EmergencyReadyinCanada/" target="_blank" style="color:#8A92A6;"><b>Emergency Ready in Canada</b></a> on Facebook.</div>

<div style="text-align: center; padding: 20 px"><b><a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/EPWeek2024" target="_blank" style="color:#DF7636;"><b>#EPWeek2024</a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ReadyForAnything" target="_blank" style="color:#DF7636;">#ReadyForAnything</a></b></div>

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Emergency Preparedness

If you're camping, make sure you have a plan for severe weather

MARK VIDEO: Camping and severe weather, make sure you have a plan

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Essential items for your emergency "grab-and-go" kit

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS: Creating an emergency "grab-and-go" kit

Pexels/Roger Brown/Free to use: Emergency kit, grab-and-go kit, evacuation supplies. Link: https://www.pexels.com/photo/first-aid-and-surival-kits-5125690/

Prepare for Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada

Marketing - NEWS: Prepare for Emergency Preparedness Week in Canada. Alert Ready Test to happen on May 8, 2024. 

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Watch? Warning? How we communicate severe weather in Canada

OOTW: How severe weather is communicated in Canada

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Best practices to keep yourself safe from wildfire smoke

BY CONNOR: Best practices to keep yourself safe from wildfire smoke

N95 Mask, taken in Edmonton/Connor O'Donovan/The Weather Network

Training Canada's next Coast Guards: Behind the scenes

Nathan Coleman: Training Canada's next Coast Guards: Behind the scenes

Nathan Coleman: Inshore Rescue Boat training day

‘This is a tornado emergency’: How forecasters warn of grave danger

WEATHER: ‘This is a tornado emergency’: How forecasters warn of grave danger

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Keep a safe distance as iceberg season approaches

Nathan Coleman: Keep a safe distance as iceberg season approaches

Nathan Coleman - Iceberg Quest Ocean Tours

Why people ignore severe weather warnings (or do they?)

EPW WEATHER SCIENCE - SUMMER SPRING: What makes people heed a severe weather warning (or not)

Getty Images: Black tornado funnel and lightning over field during thunderstorm - stock photo. 

What is a state of emergency? How these orders help in a crisis

EXPLAINER: What is a state of emergency? How these orders help in a crisis

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The frightening reason violent EF-5 tornadoes are so rare

WEATHER: The frightening reason violent EF-5 tornadoes are so rare

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Peas, walnuts and golf balls: here’s what hailstone size means for damage

CONNOR O'DONOVAN: Peas, walnuts and golf balls: here’s what hailstone size means for damage

Hail damage - Thumbnail crop: A hail storm that hit northeast Calgary in June 2020 is estimated by the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction to have caused $1.4 billion in insured damages.

Get ahead of disaster: Six tips to manage flooding

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK - EVERGREEN: Six flood tips

UGC. Uploader: DOUG SIMPKINS. Flooding, flood, of waterfront home seen Bracebridge, Ontario, on June 22, 2019.

The best way to prepare for a hurricane is well ahead of a potential disaster

FROM NATHAN: The best way to prepare for a hurricane is well ahead of a potential disaster

Nathan Coleman - Hurricane preparation

There's a big difference between an EF0 and EF5: Understanding tornado ratings

EXPLAINER: There's a big difference between an EF0 and an EF5: Understanding tornado ratings

CANVA - tornado

What really happens inside you when you're hit by lightning?

EXPLAINER by Mark Robinson: What really happens inside you when you're hit by lightning?

PEXELS/Andre Furtado: Lightning, Toronto, Ontario, thunderstorm, summer, spring, storm, thunder. Link: https://www.pexels.com/photo/lightning-and-gray-clouds-1162251/

Trapped in your car in floodwaters? This tool can help you make a quick escape

NATHAN COLEMAN: Trapped in your car in floodwaters? This tool can help

Nathan Coleman: Tool to help you escape your car if trapped in floodwaters

Staying safe during a power outage: Infographic

EVERGREEN: Power outage safety - Infographic

(NATHAN COLEMAN) Ice on trees and power lines Nova Scotia

What is a State of Emergency? Here's how it affects you

OOTW: What is a state of emergency? Here is how it affects you

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Storm spotters are the missing link in severe weather safety

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS EPW: Why storm chasers play a key role in severe weather coverage

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Emergency Preparedness - CTA - Social Media

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EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK

MAY 5-11, 2024

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