People who live in an area where threatening NATURAL events (like earthquakes or floods) often take place are AT RISK from a HAZARD

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• People who live in an area where threatening
  NATURAL events (like earthquakes or floods) often
  take place are AT RISK from a HAZARD

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• People who live in an area where threatening
  NATURAL events (like earthquakes or floods) often
  take place are AT RISK from a HAZARD

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HAZARD RISK

• People who live in an area where threatening
  NATURAL events (like earthquakes or floods) often
  take place are AT RISK from a HAZARD

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• Move people AWAY from the dangerous area and
  there is no longer any hazard risk! This is one
  of the simplest ways to save lives!

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• Volcanoes
• on Mars

NO! No-one lives there, so no one is at RISK.
There is NO HAZARD.
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• Hurricanes in the Caribbean

YES! People living in places like Jamaica are at
risk. There is a HAZARD here.
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• Earthquakes in California

YES! Many people live in Los Angeles and they
are at risk. There is a MAJOR HAZARD here.
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• Snowstorms in the middle of Antarctica

NO! No-one lives there, so no one is at RISK.
There is NO HAZARD.
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