- Listen the instructions from competent state and local institutions or your teacher;
- Follow appropriate evacuation signs;
- Lock all doors at home;
- Stay with your classmates at school;
- Move important items to higher places;
- Move/retreat to higher ground and avoid standing, flowing, or rising water;
- Move to the upper floors of the house/school main appliances and other important items;
- Listen to the radio for further information;
- Be informed on water supply and whether it is safe to drink the water;
- Secure your home (turn off electricity at the main switc, use battery light ;
- Wash your hands after coming into contact with floodwater. The water often sweeps up all sorts of debris, including sewage;
- Avoid entering fast flowing water because it can trap you and make it very difficult for you to escape;
- Beware of injuring yourself on dangerous objects, such as broken glass, or underwater debris;
- Мove slowly across the shallow water, using the stick for support;
- Help your teacher to evacuate students who have special needs, because they need extra help/assistance;
- Use only bottled water for drinking;
- Stay out of any building if it is surrounded by floodwaters;
- Use extreme caution when entering buildings; there may be hidden damage, particularly in foundations;
- If it’s dark, use a flashlight;
- Wash your skin if comes into contact with contaminated flood water with soap and uncontaminated water as soon as possible.
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- Do not use electrical appliances before checking;
- Do not touch electrical devices when there is water around (avoid electricity sources);
- Do not use fresh water if it has come in contact with flood water;
- Do not walk through moving water and avoid the areas that are known to have landslides and rockfalls;
- Follow the indicated evacuation routes and do not use other shorter routes;
- Do not walk through fast-flowing water, even if it is only a few inches deep;
- If you are instructed to go to a specific location, go there and do not go anywhere else;
- Do not go barefoot, wear shoes all the time;
- Do not let someone drive through deep or fast-flowing water on a road;
- Do not stay near rivers or other waterways when there has been a heavy rainfall;
- Do not climb into a closed attic. You may become trapped by rising floodwater;
- Do not go out and walk through the road where the water is moving;
- Do not use matches, a candle or a lighter in a dark;
- Do not visit flooded areas;
- Do not panic, stay calm!
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