(Family Features) As many know from experience, disasters can happen to anyone, anywhere.

Natural or human-caused disasters can be highly localized or have an impact regionally or even nationally. While warnings can vary from a few minutes to a few days, taking action to prepare for the unexpected can help people – and their communities – become more resilient.

Resilience is the way communities anticipate, adapt, act, recover and grow in the face of hardship and crisis.

With its hyper-local community focus and representation in nearly every community in the U.S., United Way partners with donors, volunteers and community leaders to repair homes, restore services, rebuild businesses and reignite hope.

Extending its effort to help people prepare for disasters, those partnerships are con

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