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Disaster season is coming. Here are three things you can do to prepare

NPR | By Michael Copley

Published May 25, 2026 at 3:41 AM CDT

We look at three things homeowners and renters can do ahead of the summer disaster season to try to ensure any insurance claims they have to file are handled as quickly as possible.

Michael Copley

Michael Copley is a correspondent on NPR's Climate Desk. He covers what corporations are and are not doing in response to climate change, and how they're being impacted by rising temperatures.

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