A tornado rakes over Whiteland, Indiana, leaving destruction in its path in 2023. New Pekin, Indiana, experiences floodwaters strong enough to wash away a camper in 2025. Damage and destruction sweep through Lake Village, Indiana, after a tornado in 2026. These are just a few of the natural disasters affecting Indiana residents, and even more are happening throughout the United States.<\/p>\n
Kristine Marceau, associate professor in the Purdue University Department of Human Development and Family Science (HDFS), is leading the charge alongside Cezanne Elias, HDFS clinical associate professor, and Purdue Extension to mitigate the effects for families that often linger beyond the initial emergency response efforts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":47722,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,9],"tags":[2261,263,1161,640,2513,2514,142,2515,2512,240,2516],"class_list":["post-47719","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extension","category-human-development-and-family-studies","tag-cezanne-elias","tag-college-of-health-and-human-sciences","tag-department-of-human-development-and-family-science","tag-extension","tag-families-tackling-tough-times-together","tag-kelsie-muller","tag-kristine-marceau","tag-linda-curley","tag-natural-disasters","tag-purdue-university","tag-usda"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n