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Hazard Activity

As a group, pick one of the natural, environmental or technological hazards or complex emergencies listed below. Please research and discuss the event, impact, lessons learned regarding affected individuals, the population and environment. The concept of a vulnerability assessment can be included here.

Earthquake

Volcano

Landslide

Tornado

Hurricane

Flood

Tsunami

Storm Surge

Drought

Pandemic

Biological

Chemical

Radiological

Nuclear

Explosive/Ballistic

Complex Humanitarian Emergency

Terrorism

Transportation

Global Warming

Wildfire

1. Review the event:

2. What was the risk/vulnerability?

3. What were the human & environmental costs?

4. What was the short & long term impact on humanity & the environment?

5. Lessons learned?

6. What were the successes and failures in handling the incident?

7. What changes in human, social & environmental changes have or have not occurred in response?