Hurricane season is in full effect as Hurricane Francine, a Category 1 hurricane, is expected to make landfall in Louisiana on Wednesday.
Hurricanes can cause significant property damage; Hurricane Harvey damaged more than 185,000 homes and destroyed 9,000 in 2017, the Texas Department of Public Safety said in the days after the Category 4 storm hit the state. TIME spoke with an expert about how homeowners can protect their property in preparation for a storm.
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