Government crisis management plan in the event of extreme weather and flooding

The Government crisis management plan in the event of extreme weather and flooding defines the package of preventive and protective measures and the alert procedures to be put in place in the event of an alert.

Meteorological or hydrological events

This government planexplains how the government responds to an actual or potential crisis due to one or more of the following meteorological or hydrological events:

• Wind
• Rain
• Snow or freezing rain
• Storms
• Flash floods
• Heat
• Cold
• Flooding

Objectives

The objectives of the plan are as follows:

• Identifying the structures responsible for crisis management;
• Specifying how authorities will warn the population and issue alerts;
• Defining the emergency measures to be taken, the actions to be carried out, and the stakeholders and responsible authorities involved.