Natural hazards are naturally occurring physical phenomena that can adversely affect humans, infrastructure, and society. Human activity can alleviate or exacerbate the impacts of these events. In the ...

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Natural disasters can be categorized as "acute" or "slow" in their onset. They are predictable because they cluster in geographic areas. Natural hazards are unpreventable and, for the most part ...

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Forecasters also warned of more weather hazards into the weekend and beyond, including the threat of tornadoes in the South, brutally cold temperatures in the Plains and Midwestern states ...

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