How can effects of tropical storms be reduced?
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- Created on: 27-06-20 12:28
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- How can the effects of tropical storms be reduced?
- PREDICTION
- PROTECTION
- Tie down windburn objects e.g. garden furniture
- Install an emergency generator
- Remove trees from buildings. Protect from falling into houses.
- Reinforce garage doors.
- Buildings can be desgiend to withstand tropical storms.
- Shutters on windows to prevent glass from smashing an injuring people.
- All of this will reduce the numbers of people being killed, injuried, buildings destroyed, less homeless and les unemployment
- High sea walls are constructed along the coast to protect communities from storm surges.
- Buildings have areas of weakness that can be reinforced to reduced damage by forces winds of tropical storms.
- Mitigation
- Install hurricane straps (galavanished metal) between the roof and the walls.
- Protection refers to anyway that you can protect houses, yourself, family and the community.
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