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If someone needs immediate help with compound disaster, use emergency mode.
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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Multiple disasters overlap — e.g. earthquake and tsunami, cyclone and flood.
The essentials if you need to act right now.
Handle deadliest hazard first. Follow official warnings. Stay evacuated.
What might I see? Observable signs — no diagnosis required.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Multiple simultaneous alerts — quake then tsunami, cyclone then surge.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Community experiencing overlapping damage modes.
Optional deeper explanation — not required to act.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Compound events stack hazards when one trigger causes others.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Decision fatigue kills when people hesitate between warnings.
Check the scene before you approach.
Civilian-safe actions you can take.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If coastal quake: after shaking stops go high ground — ignore lesser tasks.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If cyclone plus flood: shelter from wind first unless surge ordered.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Write down family status and location when networks busy.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Obey most severe evacuation order when conflicts arise.
When and how to get professional help.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Prioritize immediate lethal hazard. Follow official hierarchy — life safety over property.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 with compound situation summary.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Use disaster apps when voice networks saturated.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Recovery takes longer — register with relief for sustained aid.
Dangerous actions, when not to attempt rescue, and common myths.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT return home between sequential wave or aftershock events.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT ignore second hazard because first seemed minor.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — After surviving first disaster the worst is over
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Secondary hazards often cause more deaths — tsunami after quake, flood after cyclone.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Killed by second hazard while recovering from first.
Other scenarios in the same family.
Aftershock
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — The ground shakes again after the main earthquake.
Avalanche warning
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Avalanche danger is high on slopes where you are traveling or living.
Buried in avalanche
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — You or someone nearby is buried in avalanche snow.
Cyclone warning
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Official cyclone warning issued for your area.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Mental health crisis lines important after multi-disaster trauma.