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Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center
Business Continuity & Disaster Recovery Reference Center offers cover-to-cover indexing for journals, monographs, magazines and trade publications, all with a strong focus on BC/DR and closely aligned issues. Hundreds of thousands of BC/DR-focused articles, benchmarks and best practices selected from hundreds of leading trade and industry publications. Many full text records come complete with images, tables, charts and other graphical information. Content is updated on weekly. Select OpenAthens login if prompted. * 
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FEMA Informacion Sobre Inundaciones
Federal Emergency Management Agency information in Spanish about floods and flooding.
FEMA Region VI Contact Information
Contact information for the Federal Emergency Management Agency region responsible for the Houston area.
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Harris County Flood Control District Contact Information
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National Weather Service
Official weather warnings, observations and forecasts.
Ready.gov
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Regional Disaster Preparedness
Links to local disaster preparedness agencies.
Weather Channel
Gives graphic view of weather conditions.
Weather Underground
Current and historical weather.