How lost-and-found networks reconnect personal belongings to disaster survivors

NPR | By Laura Hackett

Published July 23, 2026 at 3:39 PM CDT

Extreme weather often washes away personal belongings. Across the country, lost-and-found networks seek to reunite these objects with disaster survivors.

Laura Hackett

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