Issued by: Fukushima International Association Preparing for Typhoons

Preparing for Typhoons

• Ensure cables are not sagging or touching tree branches.
• Make sure the gutters are not blocked.
• Make sure gasoline and other fuels in barns and storerooms are not leaking.
• Store emergency foods and plenty of water.
• Keep spare batteries, transistor radios and flashlights at the ready in case of power failures
• Put emergency items to be taken with you in an easily accessible place.
• TV antennae should be reinforced with splints and wire.
• Reinforce the chimney and inspect tin roofs.
• Move furniture and electrical goods to a higher place.
• Stay indoors as much as possible and pay particular attention to weather forecasts.
• Bring items such as flower pots and clothes poles into the house to prevent them from being blown away.
• Make sure tree branches are not at risk of falling down.
• Reinforce window panes with planks to prevent them from being shattered.
• Check for cracks on the building blocks.
• Improve drainage around the outside of house in cooperation with your neighbors.

Use weather broadcasts as a lifeline in times of weather emergency

• Prepare for electrical power failures.
  Keep transistor radios, batteries, and a flashlight at the ready.
• Listen to disaster information broadcasts.
  Keep volume of TV down to make sure you can hear emergency announcements.
• Always be prepared.
  Get emergency items prepared before hand.
• React promptly
  Take particular care in such areas as slopes or cliffs.
  React promptly when evacuation is advised.

How to Evacuate In Case of Flood

• Secure an exit
• Turn off all heaters, and stoves and gas heaters
• Put out any fire you may notice