LAKELAND — FEMA specialists will be available at the Lowe's store at 3525 Lakeland Highlands Road in Lakeland to answer questions and offer tips and techniques for building hazard-resistant homes to help prevent or reduce damage from future disasters. Most information is geared toward do-it-yourself work and general contractors. Topics will include rebuilding flooded homes, elevating utilities and flood insurance.

Free reference booklets with information about protecting a home from flood damage will also be available. More information about protecting property can be found at www.fema.gov/protect-your-property.

FEMA advisers will be available at Lowe's from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays through Jan. 20. The team will also be there Jan. 15, Martin Luther King Jr. Day.