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Storm surge and Landslide

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Marie Domingo

The document provides safety information regarding storm surges and landslides. For storm surges, it advises to prepare an emergency kit and plan, check for potential flood dangers, learn how to turn off utilities, and evacuate if instructed. After a storm surge, it recommends helping others, limiting phone use, avoiding flooded areas, and carefully inspecting buildings before entering. For landslides, it lists warning signs and advises to avoid building on steep slopes, get a ground assessment, and develop an emergency plan.

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STORM SURGE & LANDSLIDES Safety Measures
STORM SURGE
Storm Surge ?a coastal flood or tsunami- like phenomenon of rising water
What to Do Before A Storm Surge Hits Preparing: ? Check your house and land for any potential dangers related to flooding. ? Learn how to turn off the gas and electricity in your house. ? If you live in an area that is subject to flooding, do not store your important documents in the basement. ? Ensure that your family has an emergency kit and plan. ? Ensure your emergency kit is portable, in a back- pack or suitcase with wheels.
If a storm surge is forecast: ? Check supplies. ? You may have to evacuate. Keep your emergency kit close at hand. ? Make sure the basement windows are closed. ? Fuel your car. If evacuation becomes necessary, it will be hard to stop for gas
What to Do After A Storm Surge ? Continue listening to a weather radio. ? Help injured or trapped persons. Give first aid where appropriate. ? Help a neighbor who may require special assistance--infants, elderly people, and people with disabilities.
What to Do After A Storm Surge ? Use the telephone only for emergency calls. ? Stay out of the building if waters remain around it. ? When re-entering buildings or homes, use extreme caution.
What to Do After A Storm Surge ? Open the windows and doors to help dry the building. ? Shovel mud while it is still moist to give walls and floors an opportunity to dry. ? Check food supplies.
LANDSLIDES
Landslides ? A landslide is the movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope. ? They result from the failure of the materials which make up the hill slope and are driven by the force of gravity.
Landslide Warning Signs ? Springs, seeps, or saturated ground in areas that have not typically been wet before. ? New cracks or unusual bulges in the ground, street pavements or sidewalks. ? Soil moving away from foundations. ? Tilting or cracking of concrete floors and foundations. ? Broken water lines and other underground utilities.
What to Do Before A Landslide ? Do not build near steep slopes, close to mountain edges, near drainage ways, or natural erosion valleys. ? Get a ground assessment of your property. ? Contact local officials.
What to Do Before A Landslide ? Learn about the emergency- response and evacuation plans for your area. ? Develop your own emergency plan for your family or business.

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Storm surge and Landslide

  • 3. Storm Surge ?a coastal flood or tsunami- like phenomenon of rising water
  • 4. What to Do Before A Storm Surge Hits Preparing: ? Check your house and land for any potential dangers related to flooding. ? Learn how to turn off the gas and electricity in your house. ? If you live in an area that is subject to flooding, do not store your important documents in the basement. ? Ensure that your family has an emergency kit and plan. ? Ensure your emergency kit is portable, in a back- pack or suitcase with wheels.
  • 5. If a storm surge is forecast: ? Check supplies. ? You may have to evacuate. Keep your emergency kit close at hand. ? Make sure the basement windows are closed. ? Fuel your car. If evacuation becomes necessary, it will be hard to stop for gas
  • 6. What to Do After A Storm Surge ? Continue listening to a weather radio. ? Help injured or trapped persons. Give first aid where appropriate. ? Help a neighbor who may require special assistance--infants, elderly people, and people with disabilities.
  • 7. What to Do After A Storm Surge ? Use the telephone only for emergency calls. ? Stay out of the building if waters remain around it. ? When re-entering buildings or homes, use extreme caution.
  • 8. What to Do After A Storm Surge ? Open the windows and doors to help dry the building. ? Shovel mud while it is still moist to give walls and floors an opportunity to dry. ? Check food supplies.
  • 10. Landslides ? A landslide is the movement of rock, debris or earth down a slope. ? They result from the failure of the materials which make up the hill slope and are driven by the force of gravity.
  • 11. Landslide Warning Signs ? Springs, seeps, or saturated ground in areas that have not typically been wet before. ? New cracks or unusual bulges in the ground, street pavements or sidewalks. ? Soil moving away from foundations. ? Tilting or cracking of concrete floors and foundations. ? Broken water lines and other underground utilities.
  • 12. What to Do Before A Landslide ? Do not build near steep slopes, close to mountain edges, near drainage ways, or natural erosion valleys. ? Get a ground assessment of your property. ? Contact local officials.
  • 13. What to Do Before A Landslide ? Learn about the emergency- response and evacuation plans for your area. ? Develop your own emergency plan for your family or business.