: WHAT TO DO

BEFORE, DURING, AFTER

TYPHOON

It is important to be aware of the situation. The reports we get from

weather forecasts allow us to prepare and be ready for any unforeseen
events that may happen during a typhoon. Although it is good that we’ll
have a long weekend, sometimes, it’s better and safer to stay in the
confines of our homes.

Before Keep flashlights, candles

and battery-powered radios
within easy reach.

Store an adequate supply Examine your house and

of food and clean water repair its unstable parts.

Prepare foods that need Always keep yourself

not be cooked. updated with the latest
weather report.

Harvest crops that can be

yielded already.
Should you need to
evacuate, bring clothes, first
Secure domesticated
aid kit, candles/flashlight,
animals in a safe place.
battery-powered radio,
food, etc.
For fisher folks, place boats
in a safe area.

During the
typhoon
Stay inside the house.
Keep an eye on lighted
candles or gas lamps.
If there is a need to
move to an evacuation
center, follow these
reminders. Do not wade through
floodwaters to avoid
being electrocuted and
Close the windows contracting diseases.
and turn off the
main power switch.

Put important
Evacuate calmly.
appliances and
belongings in a high
ground.
If safe drinking water is not
Avoid the way
available, boil water for at
leading to the river.
Step 3 least 20 minutes. Place it in
a container with cover.

After If your house was

Watch out for live wires or
outlet immersed in water.
Report damaged electrical
cables and fallen electric
posts to the authorities.
destroyed, make sure that
it is already safe and Do not let water
stable when you enter. accumulate in tires, cans
or pots to avoid creating a
Beware of dangerous
favorable condition for
animals such as snakes
mosquito breeding.
that may have entered
your house.

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