Survival Expert Breaks Down Everything You Need in Your ‘Bug-Out Bag’ to Survive an Emergency

Survival expert Tim MacWelch and author of "How to Survive Anything" is offering a few tips on how to get through a potential disaster.

"When the tornado strikes, when the solar flares blaze, when the zombies rise...what are you going to do? So many possible disasters, so little time to prepare," a summary of MacWelch's book on Amazon reads.

And in a new video for Business Insider, MacWelch shares which items he has packed in his "bug-out bag."

Here are some of the items MacWelch recommends that you carry in your own survival pouch.

● Lightweight clothing

● Water bottle with built in filter

● Duct tape

● Medical bag

● Food, including "survival ration bricks"

● Space blanket

● Poncho

● Gloves

● Goggles

● Headlamp with spare batteries

● Iodine

● Map and compass

● Matches

● Knife