Identify the strongest room in your home

 

Identify the strongest room in your home for safe shelter

If authorities advise that the safest option for your household during a cyclone is to 'shelter-in-place', whether that's at home, work, or school, the strongest room in your house will provide the best protection from falling debris. Choose a room, on the lowest level to ground, where there are no windows, skylights, or glass doors. Often this is an internal bathroom, which means there won't be a lot of room, so prepare your family that the situation could be a bit cramped until the cyclone passes.

Because there's no guarantee that your home will withstand the winds of a category 4 or 5 cyclone and local authorities might recommend that you evacuate. Also, if you're at risk of storm surge or flooding authorities might recommend that you evacuate away from the coast and to higher ground.