Disaster Recovery and the Road Ahead - IGNOU

Banana leaves are used for fodder during cyclones and floods.
People identify nearby villages and inform them before hand on their temporary
migration and shelter in those villages in case of floods.
People store foodstuff, dry food, coconut, pumpkins, etc., to be used immediately after
floods/cyclones.
Beating of drums for dissemination of warning.
The continuously blowing wind from east indicates that the cyclone is approaching,
more so if within two hours the wind starts becoming hot. Indication is that the
intensity of cyclone will be more.
If the wind changes its direction from east to south and gets more cool, it indicates
that the cyclone has changed its direction.
Barking of village dogs without any provocation during the day time is indicative of
an unusual event like cyclone approaching in the immediate future.
Scratching of the ground by village dogs.
Fishermen get a huge catch of a particular fish prior to the cyclone, which normally
they are unable to get.
The fishermen nets catch a particular small plantation, which they never get otherwise.
This also indicates that a cyclone is approaching.
A strange and rather thundering sound from sea for two-three days indicate that a
cyclone is about to strike.
Moving of clouds from north to south speedily is considered an indicator.
Birds, in large quantity, flock together and fly from north to south. It is also an
indication to the community of an approaching cyclone.
1.5.4 Rehabilitation After Tsunami
Tsunami Vulnerability Reduction Programme
should encompass:
Initiating a coastal bio-shield movement
along the coastal areas, which includes
raising of mangrove forests, plantations
of bamboo, palms, agro-forestry
programmes and so on
Promoting people’s participation in the
conservation and enhancement of
mangrove and other coastal wet-lands,
as well as coral reefs, and coastal and
marine biodiversity
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