NCERT Solutions for Class 4th The World Around Us Chapter 9 Living with Challenges — Discuss

A cyclone brings very strong winds and heavy rain, and it harms people, animals and trees.

• Houses are damaged. Roofs are blown off and weak walls fall down.
• Trees are uprooted and branches break.
• Fields are flooded and the standing crop is spoiled.
• Boats and nets are broken, so fishermen cannot go to sea and lose their earnings.
• Electric poles fall, so there is no light and no water supply for days.
• Animals and birds lose shelter and food.
• Families have to leave home and stay in shelters.

Being prepared means getting ready before the storm comes, not after.

• Listen to early warnings on the radio, television or phone, and pass them on to neighbours.
• Move to a cyclone shelter on high ground in good time. Help old people, small children and animals move first.
• Keep an emergency bag ready — drinking water, dry food, a torch, medicines, and important papers in a plastic cover.
• Tie down roofs, cut weak branches and pull boats well up on the shore.
• Practise safety drills in school and in the village so everyone knows where to go.
• Keep helpline numbers written where all can see them.