Severe Weather

2018

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QAC-TMP-015 Presentation Template Rev.5.0
 Outline
• Overview
• What are severe weather conditions?
• What is flooding?
• Flash Floods
• Damaging Winds
• Are damaging winds really a big
deal?
• Who is at risk from damaging winds?
• Weather Warnings
• Employee Trainings
• Emergency Response Action Plan
• Emergency Contact Details

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 Overview
The effects of severe weather on
a business can be devastating.
Not only can severe weather
damage facilities, it can prove to
be deadly to employees. You
must know how to protect
yourself from the effects of any
severe weather that is likely to
occur at your location.
 What are severe weather conditions?

Dangerous or hazardous weather conditions can happen almost

anywhere at almost any time of the year.

Severe weather can include:

• winter storms,

• floods,

• tornadoes and severe wind,

• thunderstorms and lightning; and

• hurricanes.

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 What is flooding?

Flooding is an overflowing of water onto land that is normally dry.

Floods can happen during heavy rains, when ocean waves come
on shore, when snow melts too fast, or when dams or levees
break. Flooding may happen with only a few inches of water, or it
may cover a house to the rooftop. They can occur quickly or over
a long period and may last days, weeks, or longer. Floods are the
most common and widespread of all weather-related natural
disasters.

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 Flash Floods

Flash floods are the most dangerous kind of floods, because they
combine the destructive power of a flood with incredible speed
and unpredictability. Flash floods occur when excessive water fills
normally dry creeks or river beds along with currently flowing
creeks and rivers, causing rapid rises of water in a short amount
of time. They can happen with little or no warning.

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 Where and when do floods occur?

Flooding occurs in every U.S. state and territory, and is a threat

experienced anywhere in the world that receives rain. In the U.S.
floods kill more people each year than tornadoes, hurricanes or
lightning.

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 What areas are at risk from flash floods?

Densely populated areas are at a high risk for flash floods. The
construction of buildings, highways, driveways, and parking lots
increases runoff by reducing the amount of rain absorbed by the
ground. This runoff increases the flash flood potential.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has placed

12 states on a watch list of state that could face devastating
consequences of increased flooding these states are: Kebbi, Niger,
Kwara, Edo, Kogi, Anambra, Delta, Benue, Adamawa, Taraba,
Rivers and Bayelsa.

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 Damaging Winds

Damaging winds are often called “straight-line” winds to

differentiate the damage they cause from tornado damage. Strong
thunderstorm winds can come from a number of different
processes. Most thunderstorm winds that cause damage at the
ground are a result of outflow generated by a thunderstorm
downdraft. Damaging winds are classified as those exceeding 50-
60 mph (80.5 – 96.7 kmh).

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 Are damaging winds really a big deal?

• Damage from severe thunderstorm winds account for half of all

severe reports in the lower 48 states (in the United States of
America) and is more common than damage from tornadoes.
Wind speeds can reach up to 100 mph and can produce a
damage path extending for hundreds of miles.

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 Who is at risk from damaging winds?

Since most thunderstorms produce some straight-line winds as a

result of outflow generated by the thunderstorm downdraft,
anyone living in thunderstorm-prone areas of the world is at risk
for experiencing this hazard.
People living in mobile homes are especially at risk for injury and
death. Even anchored mobile homes can be seriously damaged
when winds gust over 80 mph.

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 Weather Warnings

Weather warnings are typically reported as either a warning or a watch.

• A weather watch means that conditions are right for the type of
event to occur. In the case of a watch, the employer should monitor
emergency channels for more information and warnings.

• A weather warning means that the type of event is occurring or will

occur in the warning area, posing imminent danger to life and
property. A warning usually means that you should take emergency
actions to safeguard the lives and health of your employees.

• The employer should have emergency action plans for each type of
severe weather situation which is likely to occur at that facility or in
that location.

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 Employee Training

There are no specific training requirements for emergency response to

severe weather. However, your employees should know the locations of
sheltered areas within the workplace.

Training Tips

• Review the company’s written emergency response action plan for

references to severe weather situations.

• Review various severe weather situations with employees, and inform

them of the appropriate response.

• Explain how they will be notified, where the emergency shelters are
located, if appropriate, and any other relevant emergency plans.

• Tell the employees where the emergency action plan is kept and how
they can view it if they wish.

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 Emergency Response Action Plan

The company’s written emergency response action plan will cover the
appropriate steps for you to take in the event of severe weather. The
plan will also explain where shelter areas are located and when it is
appropriate for you to go to them.

Your employer will:

• Explain how employees will be notified in the event of severe weather.

• Review the appropriate steps to take for various weather emergencies

likely to occur in your area.

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 Emergency Contact Details
• National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)
Email - info@nema.gov.ng , nemapress@yahoo.com
Telephone Number - 0800CALLNEMA , 080022556362
• Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA)
Email - lasema@lasg.gov.ng.
Telephone Number - 08060907333, 08023127654, 08022234870,
016574706, 016574714

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Thank You

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... always expect more

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