community-based disaster risk management and the media media kit

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MEDIA KIT
• While evacuating, be careful of:
- Washed out bridges
- Broken power lines
- Floating debris in streams
- Falling trees and branches
- Blowing building debris, particularly glass and corrugated iron
• Do not walk through water more than knee deep. Flood currents can
be very strong.
• On arrival at any offi cial shelter, register so that somebody knows
where you are.
During the Typhoon
Actions here are focused on preventing human injury and loss of life:
• Stay inside.
• Keep calm until the emergency has ended.
• Shelter in the strongest part of the house where most walls are
helping to hold the roof up.
• Stay away from glass windows and doors, particularly glass louver
windows.
• Open windows a little on the side of the house opposite to that on
which the wind is blowing. This helps to equalize pressure and
reduces the risk that the roof will lift off. As the wind swings round,
close the original windows and open windows on the new downwind
side.
• Beware of the calm ‘eye’ of the storm. This can last for an hour or
so. If the wind drops suddenly, stay inside unless you have to make
emergency repairs.
• Close the windows and be ready to open them on the new downwind
side as soon as you know where the wind is coming from. If you
have to go outside, take shelters again as soon as you hear the
sound of wind rising. It will probably rise very quickly, be very strong
and come from a new direction.
• If the house starts to break up, protect everyone with mattresses or
blankets; hold on to strong fi xtures or shelter under beds or strong
tables.
• Listen to the radio whenever you can for forecasts and messages.