Question

What is a cyclone? Discuss the measures one should take to be prepared for a cyclone.

Answer 1

Bring your family into the strongest part of the house. Keep listening to the radio for cyclone updates. If the building begins to break up, shelter under a strong table, bench or heavy mattress. Beware the calm eye of the cyclone: stay inside until told it is safe to go outside.


During a cyclone
Turn off all electricity, gas and water; unplug all appliances.
Keep your emergency kit close at hand.
Bring your family into the strongest part of the house.
Keep listening to the radio for cyclone updates.
If the building begins to break up, shelter under a strong table, bench or heavy mattress.

Answer 2

In meteorology, a cyclone is a large scale air mass that rotates around a strong center of low atmospheric pressure. Cyclones are characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate about a zone of low pressure. ... Cyclogenesis is the process of cyclone formation and intensification.

Bring your family into the strongest part of the house. Keep listening to the radio for cyclone updates. If the building begins to break up, shelter under a strong table, bench or heavy mattress. Beware the calm eye of the cyclone: stay inside until told it is safe to go outside.