Now is the time to build your emergency preparedness kit

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Most of the Central Valley was spared from flooding from the latest atmospheric river, but the remainder of the authorities was slammed with dense downpours, which flooded neighborhoods.

"We inactive are expecting, obviously, much weather. And the much rain, the much moisture we get, the higher the hazard is to that area," said Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue.

And aft past year, there's nary telling what the remainder of wintertime has successful store for us.

As radical proceed to drawback sandbags to support their property, it's a bully thought to get prepared successful different ways too.

The American Red Cross suggests having a 3-day nutrient and h2o proviso to instrumentality with you if you person to permission your location successful an exigency and a larger proviso if you request to enactment put.

"You privation to marque definite you person 7 days' worthy of food, 7 days' worthy of water. Which is 1 gallon of h2o per time for each idiosyncratic successful your house. Don't hide your pets," said Lori Wilson, Executive Director of Central Valley American Red Cross.

In summation to food, you'll privation to marque definite you person a archetypal assistance kit, an other acceptable of toiletries, a flashlight with batteries, and a radio, which you whitethorn request to trust connected for quality updates.

Don't hide to battalion your medications.

It tin beryllium overwhelming, but an exigency kit tin beryllium life-saving, and you tin commencement small.

"You tin commencement retired astatine slightest with a spell container for each person, a kit for each idiosyncratic for astatine slightest 3 days. But then, if you get successful your pantry oregon a truck, enactment it retired successful your garage, person your 7 days of supplies, and you'll person what you need," said Wilson.

If you haven't signed up for exigency alerts yet, it's casual to do.

Just spell to this website.

Click 'sign up' successful the precocious close corner.

Then scroll down and prime your county. It volition nonstop you to your county's sign-up page.

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