Cyclone Preparedness
Remove dead branches or dying trees close to the house.
Anchor removable objects such as lumber piles, loose tin sheets, loose bricks, garbage cans, sign-boards etc. which can fly in strong winds
Keep some wooden boards ready so that glass windows can be boarded if needed.
Demolish condemned buildings
Cyclone alerts and warnings
Evacuations
Switch off the electrical mains in your house.
Remain calm
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Way forward
Frequent evacuation cannot be implemented as a permanent policy.
Intervention and efforts must be made to ensure that coastal-regulation-zone norms that prescribe the kind of structures permissible at specific distances from the shoreline must be strictly implemented.
The dwellings of rural, coastal inhabitants must be strengthened
Natural bulwarks such as mangroves at wetlands must be buttressed for improved resilience.
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