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Before The Cyclone. During The Cyclone: If You Are Required To Evacuate

If required to evacuate due to a cyclone: - Pack emergency kits including supplies, valuables, and warm clothing - Fuel your car and park under solid cover - Board up or tape windows, disconnect appliances, and turn off gas

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Before The Cyclone. During The Cyclone: If You Are Required To Evacuate

If required to evacuate due to a cyclone: - Pack emergency kits including supplies, valuables, and warm clothing - Fuel your car and park under solid cover - Board up or tape windows, disconnect appliances, and turn off gas

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BEFORE THE CYCLONE.

DURING THE CYCLONE If you are required


to evacuate
Check your home is in a good condition, focusing on the What you should do:
roof.
• Store all loose items inside. Put wooden or plastic
Trim any tree branches hanging over your roof. outdoor furniture in your pool (if you have one) and fill What you should do:
garbage/wheelie bins and dinghies with water (water
can be used for flushing toilets if required).
Clear your property of any loose items that could be Based on predicted wind speeds and storm surge heights,
• Fuel your car and park it under solid cover.
you may be required to evacuate your home.
dangerous in extreme winds.
• Close shutters, board-up or heavily-tape all windows.
• Pack an evacuation kit including your emergency kit, Official advice will be given on local radio/TV about safe
Know your community disaster plan, check with your local warm clothing, essential medications, valuables, routes and when to evacuate. Make sure you wear strong
council papers, photos and keepsakes in waterproof bags. shoes (not thongs) and clothing for protection.
• Disconnect all electrical appliances and turn off the
Prepare an emergency kit containing: gas.
Stay inside and shelter (well clear of windows) in the Switch off the power; water and gas, collect your
• evacuation and emergency kits and mobile phone and lock
strongest part of the building (e.g. the cellar, internal
- A portable radio, torch and spare batteries. hallway or bathroom). your home on the way out (don't forget your keys).
- Stocks of fresh water and canned food. If the building starts to break up, protect yourself with
- Matches, fuel lamp, portable stove, cooking gear,
•
mattresses, rugs or blankets or by sheltering under a If evacuating inland (out of town), take your pets and leave
utensils, can opener and waterproof bags. strong table or bench. If necessary, hold on to a solid early to avoid traffic, flooding and wind hazards. If you are
- A first aid kit, manual and masking tape for windows. fixture such as a water pipe. evacuating to a local shelter, follow the directions of Police
• Continue to listen to your portable radio for updates and State Emergency Service personnel.
and advice.
• Beware of the calm 'eye' of the cyclone. If the wind
Keep a list of emergency phone numbers handy, including suddenly drops, don't just think that the cyclone is
over. Violent winds will soon resume from the opposite
numbers for your local Police, Fire, Ambulance, State
direction (it is best to wait for the official all-clear).
Emergency Service, Local Council, Gas and Electricity If you are driving, STOP - but well away from the sea
•
Company and relatives. and clear of trees, power-lines and watercourses. Stay
in your vehicle.
Find out how and where to turn off power, gas and water
supplies.

Check that you have household and contents insurance


and which hazards are not covered by the policy.

Store your important documents (e.g. wills, passports,


photos, birth certificates) in a fire/water-proof container or
safe deposit box.

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