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Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk

Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk. Hazards are inevitable; disasters are not. Mount St. Helens. Mount St. Helens 03/08/05. Mount Pinatubo. Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk. Natural Hazards that Occur in the United States and its Territories. Earthquakes

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Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk

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  1. Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk Hazards are inevitable; disasters are not. Mount St. Helens Mount St. Helens 03/08/05 Mount Pinatubo

  2. Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk Natural Hazards that Occur in the United States and its Territories Earthquakes Floods Hurricanes Landslides Tsunamis Volcanoes Wildfires

  3. Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk Detecting Natural Hazards and Protecting Lives and Property • Monitor potential hazards • Assess and manage risks • Mitigate impacts • Respond

  4. Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk From 1988 to 1997, floods cost the Nation, on average, 3.7 billion annually. http://water.usgs.gov/waterwatch/

  5. Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk

  6. Natural Hazards Science: Reducing America’s Risk Natural Hazards Science • Save lives • Save property • Minimize economic & social disruption

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