They do most of the agricultural work, and are therefore affected by weather-related natural disasters impacting on food, energy and water, it said.
The Division does not experience extreme weather-related disasters beyond occasional droughts.
During her tenure there, Franco covered a variety of stories, ranging from politics, weather-related disasters.
But as the costs of weather-related disasters rise, unease about climate change rises, too.
Climate change and weather-related natural disasters also threaten lemur survival.
Another weather-related disaster can occur when sump pump discharge lines freeze.
There were no fewer than 12 weather-related disasters costing over $1 billion in America last year, a record.
Farmers and ranchers need a dependable safety net when weather-related disasters strike.
Yet, over the years, his grab bag assignments have included not only plane crashes but weather and weather-related disasters.
Obama's visit to Joplin was the third that he had made in a month to the site of a weather-related disaster.