Storm Season Safety goes into effect when spring showers morph into summer storms, making storm safety a priority. Because of these natural disasters, ranging from heavy rains to tornadoes and hurricanes, emergency preparedness is essential in these situations.
Thunderstorms and Lightning
Thunderstorms and lightning are among the most common causes of injury and death during Storm Safety Season. Despite the fact that the majority of lightning victims survive, they frequently have a variety of long-term, debilitating symptoms. Thunderstorms are dangerous storms that involve lightning, strong gusts exceeding 50 miles per hour, as well as dangerous hail and flooding.
PREPARE NOW
- Know how likely thunderstorms are in your area. They can happen at any time of the year in most regions.
- Become a member of your community’s warning system. Emergency notifications are also provided through the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio.
- Determine the location of nearby sturdy structures where you live, work, study, and play.
- Trees that are at danger of falling on your business or home should be cut down or trimmed.
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Tornadoes
Tornadoes are capable of destroying buildings, flipping cars, and generating lethal flying debris. Tornadoes are violently rotating air columns that originate in a thunderstorm and extend to the ground. These catastrophic storms can strike at any time and place. With powerful winds of over 200 mph, they appear like whirling funnels and can cause extensive property destruction as well as death.
PREPARE NOW
- Know the tornado danger in your neighborhood during Storm Safety Season.
- Tornadoes are more common in the Midwest and Southeast of the United States.
- A swirling, funnel-shaped cloud, an incoming cloud of debris, or a thunderous boom, similar to a freight train, are all warnings of a tornado.
- Become a member of your community’s warning system. Emergency notifications are provided through the Emergency Alert System (EAS), as well as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio.
- If your neighborhood has sirens, get to know the warning tone, so you’ll know when to react.
- Keep an eye on the weather forecasts because meteorologists forecast when the conditions are favorable for a tornado to form.
- Identify and practice going to a safe shelter in the event of high winds. Find a safe room built using FEMA criteria or a storm shelter built to ICC 500 standards. The next best protection is a small interior, windowless room, generally on the lowest level of a sturdy building.
- Consider constructing your own safe room.
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Identify and practice going to a safe shelter in the event of high winds. Find a safe room built using FEMA criteria or a storm shelter built to ICC 500 standards. The next best protection is a small interior, windowless room, generally on the lowest level of a sturdy building.
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Hurricanes
Hurricanes are powerful storm systems that form over warm ocean waters and sweep inland. Hurricanes can cause strong winds, heavy rain, storm surges, coastal and inland flooding. They also cause rip currents, tornadoes, landslides, among other things.
The hurricane season in the Atlantic spans from June 1 to November 30. The hurricane season in the Pacific spans from May 15 to November 30. Hurricanes can strike anywhere along the United States’ coasts or in any territory in the Atlantic or Pacific Oceans, however they can even strike locations more than 100 miles inland. September is the busiest month for them.
PREPARE NOW
- Sign up for your community’s warning system. The Emergency Alert System (EAS) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Weather Radio also provide emergency alerts.
- If you are at risk for flash flooding, watch for warning signs such as heavy rain.
- Practice going to a safe shelter for high winds, such as a FEMA safe room or ICC 500 storm shelter. The next best protection is a small, interior, windowless room.
- Based on your location and community plans, make your own plans for evacuation or sheltering in place and furthermore, act quickly.
- Become familiar with your evacuation zone, exit route and shelter locations.
- Gather needed supplies to last at least three days. Bear in mind each person’s specific needs, including medication. In addition, don’t forget the needs of pets.
- Keep important documents in a safe place or create password-protected digital copies.
- Protect your property. Declutter drains and gutters. Install check valves in plumbing to prevent backups. Consider hurricane shutters. Review insurance policies.
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