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Safety and Health Topics pages provide access to selected occupational safety and health information. The subjects of these pages include specific workplace hazards, as well as individual industries. Numerous OSHA and non-OSHA references are evaluated on a given subject to determine which are consider most important in reducing occupational injuries and illnesses. With the continued support of our users, OSHA's Safety and Health Topics Pages provide assistance for complying with OSHA standards, enabling employers to ensure safer workplaces.

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Hurricane Preparedness and Response
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Hurricanes are a form of tropical cyclones that are capable of causing devastating damage to communities. Hurricanes are storm systems with circulating air and sustained wind speeds of 74 miles per hour or higher. The strongest hurricanes can have wind speeds exceeding 155 miles per hour. Areas on the Atlantic Coast, near the Gulf of Mexico, as well as parts of the Southwestern United States are vulnerable to hurricanes. The Atlantic hurricane season lasts from June to November and peaks between August and October. OSHA's Hurricane Preparedness and Response page provides information on hurricane warnings, hazards that hurricanes cause, and precautions that workers and employers should take after a hurricane has occurred.

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It is not possible to list all of the new entries that we are adding to each topic page. The following lists those subjects which are new or have recently been added to or significantly updated.

For additional information, refer to the What's New Archive or for the entire OSHA site, the main "What's New" section.

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