How can
people prepare for deasaster
during floods.
Answers
Explanation:
- Know your flood risk.
- Make a flood emergency plan.
- Build or restock your emergency preparedness kit, including a flashlight, batteries, cash, and first aid supplies.
- Consider buying flood insurance. ...
- Familiarize yourself with local emergency plans.
Preparedness before floods
- Stay informed on local news
- Learn and practice evacuation routes, shelter plans, and flash flood response.
- Gather three days supplies, including non-perishable foods, cleaning supplies, and water for several days, in case you must leave immediately or if services are cut off in your area.
- Portable, battery-powered radio or television and extra batteries.
- Flashlight and extra batteries.
- First aid kit and manual.
- Keep important documents in a waterproof container.
- In flood prone areas keep useful items at home i.e sandbags, ladder, rope etc.
- Evacuate low lying areas and shift to higher land or safer places.
Preparedness during floods
- Disconnect electricity and gas
- Carry your emergency kit and let your friends and family know where you are going
- Avoid contact with flood water as it may be contaminated with sewage oil, chemicals and other substances
- If you have to walk in standing water, use a pole or stick to ensure that you do not step into deep water, open manholes, or ditches.
- shift to higher ground
- Follow evacuation routes
- Free cattle and lead animals to a safer place
- Stay away from power lines as electrical current can travel through water, report power lines that are down to the power company.
Preparedness after floods
- Avoid contact with flood water and swimming
- Don't touch power lines
- Don't go home or to disaster areas until it is declared safe.
- Communicate and reassure your family that you are safe.
- When back home, clean and disinfect surfaces and items.
- Beware of possible structural damages
- Beware of snakes and insects(check before picking up objects
- Throw away items that can't be cleaned.
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