{"id":21571,"date":"2024-01-09T14:44:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/?p=21571"},"modified":"2024-01-09T14:46:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-09T14:46:21","slug":"winter-storm-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/2024\/01\/09\/winter-storm-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter storm preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Minnie and Olga, Regina and Stuart \u2013 are all storm names for 2024 pre-allocated by the Met Office. With the average claim for storm damage topping \u00a33,000<\/strong><strong><sup>1<\/sup><\/strong><strong>, it\u2019s important to protect your home against extreme weather. So, what measures can you take?<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Keeping safe in a storm<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-list\">\n<ul><div class=\"hd-block hd-block-list-item\">\n<li>Put away your garden furniture, and any other items that could blow away&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-list\">\n<ul><div class=\"hd-block hd-block-list-item\">\n<li>Firmly shut all doors and windows&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-list-item\">\n<li>Park your car away from trees and fences, or inside a garage.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/div><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>Ensuring you insure<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>The most important step to take is having suitable home insurance. Many policies cover some level of storm and wind damage; however, there are limitations.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Most insurers have an official definition of a \u2018storm,\u2019 meaning the winds need to reach a certain speed before it will be considered a storm. Depending on the small print of your policy, you might not be protected against damage to hedges, gates or fences, for example.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Most home insurance will cover you in the event of wind and water damage, sewer back-up, roof damage and loss of power. You should notify your provider as soon as you can and do not move anything until you have spoken to your insurer, unless it is a hazard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p>Get in touch to ensure you have adequate cover for your home and your unique circumstances.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><sup>1<\/sup>Confused.com, 2023<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"hd-block hd-block-paragraph\">\n<p><strong>As a mortgage is secured against your home or property, it could be repossessed if you do not keep up mortgage repayments.<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minnie and Olga, Regina and Stuart \u2013 are all storm names for 2024 pre-allocated by the Met Office. With the average claim for storm damage topping \u00a33,0001, it\u2019s important to protect your home against extreme weather. So, what measures can you take?&nbsp; Keeping safe in a storm&nbsp; Ensuring you insure&nbsp; The most important step to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21572,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[32,91],"tags":[],"hd_content_source":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21571"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21575,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21571\/revisions\/21575"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21571"},{"taxonomy":"hd_content_source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.contentdeployment.co.uk\/tomd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hd_content_source?post=21571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}