Warning Signs   Dark, threatening and towering clouds   Distant lightning and thunder Preparations   Check your surroundings and for dead trees and branches that may fall   Secure outdoor objects DURING A DISASTER Outdoors   Immediately enter your house or a building   If you are expecting lightning to strike, immediately bend forward, crouch and hug your knees to your chest   Do not lie on the ground   Avoid tall structures such as trees, fences, telephone poles, electricity poles, etc   Stay away from conducting rods such as radio antennae, golf clubs and metal staircases or machines such as tractors and bicycles   Stay away from drains, rivers, swamps and lakes or other bodies of water Indoors   Take light objects into the house   Close all windows and doors and lock them securely   Turn off electrical switches and gas valves, and unplug all electrical appliances   Do not use the telephone, wireless radio or television   Listen to radio broadcasts for the latest information   Stay away from water taps and pipes, sinks, bath tubs or gas pipes (lightning conductors) In a vehicle   Stop at the roadside, away from tall trees   Remain in the vehicle and turn on the hazard lights   Do not stop at or drive through roads that may be flooded AFTER A DISASTER   Ensure that there is no injury to any family member, give aid if otherwise   Assist your neighbours and the infirm   Report to the authorities if there are fallen lamp-posts or electricity poles, water or gas pipes that are damaged   If you are driving, continue carefully as the road may be submerged in water or there may be debris and objects obstructing your way