• Listen to the radio (All India Radio stations give weather warnings.
• Keep monitoring the warnings. This will help you to prepare for a cyclone emergency.
• Pass on the information to others.
• Ignore rumours and do not spread them; this will help to avoid panic situations.
• Believe in the official information
• When a cyclone alert is on for your area continue normal working but stay alert to the radio warnings.
• Remember that a cyclone alert means that the danger is within 24 hours. Stay alert.
• When your area is under cyclone warning get away from low-lying beaches or other low-lying areas close to the coast
• Leave early before your way to high ground or shelter gets flooded
• Do not delay and run the risk of being marooned
• If your house is securely built on high ground take shelter in the safer part of the house
• However, if asked to evacuate do not hesitate to leave the place.
• Board up glass windows or put storm shutters in place.
• Provide strong suitable support for outside doors.
• If you do not have wooden boards handy, paste paper strips on glasses to prevent splinters
• However, this may not avoid breaking windows.
• Get extra food, which can be eaten without cooking. Store extra drinking water in suitably covered vessels.
• If you are to evacuate the house move your valuable articles to upper floors to minimize flood damage.
• Have hurricane lantern, torches or other emergency lights in working conditions and keep them handy.
• Small and loose things, which can fly in strong winds, should be stored safely in a room.
• Be sure that a window and door can be opened only on the side opposite to the one facing the wind.
• Make provision for children and adults requiring special diets.
• If the centre of the cyclone is passing directly over your house there will be a lull in the wind and rain lasting for half and hour or so. During this tine do not go out; because immediately after that very strong winds will blow from the opposite direction.
• Switch off electrical mains in your house.
• Remain calm.
