stormproof

In the tools and emergency devices group, the Ritter RSK Mk3 fixed blade knife, Leatherman Blast multi-tool, Gerber Exchange-a-Blade saw, REI Stormproof Matches, Spark-Lite Aviation Fire Starter Kit and hands-free multi-light.

A classic softshell with quiet, weather-resistant exterior and midweight fleece backing, it would be ideal on its own for a majority of the fall, and then as a lightweight layering piece under a stormproof shell in December and January.

1 Harrod Horticultural are shortlisted for their new stormproof vegetable cage, which features ingenious new "frame saver clips" to save it from strong winds and snow, while keeping plants protected.

| HARROD Horticultural is shortlisted for its new Stormproof Vegetable Cage, which features ingenious new 'frame saver clips' to save frameworks from hurricanes and snow while keeping plants protected.

In order to prepare for the next major typhoon Save the Children has developed 'The BEACON Box', and we have put all of the tools and materials necessary to help a pregnant woman deliver in a safe and clean environment when the health system collapses and packaged in a stormproof box, of which 10,000 will be prepositioned in the most vulnerable Barangays in the Philippines.

Stormproof vegetable cage, PS49, www.harrodhorticultural.com.and, left, Burgon & Balls's stainless long-handled bulb planter, PS29.95, www.burgonandball.com

Ten flags, grounded in stormproof concrete foundations, stand tall across the region forming an early warning system for 5,000 households, with the colour of the flag changing depending on the strength of the storm forecast.

Earlier this year, Bloomberg unveiled a sweeping $20 billion proposal that would create floodwalls and marshes and stormproof vulnerable neighborhoods.

All the while, their father, obsessed with radio accounts of the encroaching hurricane, makes ineffective attempts to stormproof their flimsy home.