Precautions before and during floods.
- Every member of your family should know about the nearest safe place, or the way to reach the newly created safe place.
- Stay tuned to local radio or television for alerts and suggestions.
- Have an Emergency Kit ready with daily necessities, sanitary pads, baby food and special documents.
- Have dry snacks, drinking water and clothes ready. Drink only boiled water. Keep food covered and do not eat heavy food.
- To seal the entrances around doors and windows, place sand-filled buckets on both sides. Seal the windows the same way.
- Feed children and pregnant women on time.
- There are more incidents of snake bites during floods, beware of it. Talk after the flood.
Talk after the flood
- Keep warm clothes, essential medicines, valuables, personal belongings etc. in a waterproof bag so that it can be carried along with emergency goods.
- Go and stay at a high place. Furniture, clothing and Place valuables on the bed or table so that they do not get soaked.
- Turn off the main power supply, do not use water-soaked electrical appliances.
- Don’t go into unfamiliar, deep and flowing water without seeing.
- Do not allow children to play in or around flood waters.