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| a major hazard event that causes widespread disruption to a community, that the affected community is unable to deal with without outside help. |
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| a threat that has potential to cause loss of life, injury, property damage, socio-economic disruption or environmental degradation |
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| The occurence of a hazard, the effect of which change demographic, economic and/or environmental conditions. |
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| the probability of a hazard event causing harmful consequences |
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| the susceptability of a community to a hazard or to the impacts of a hazard event. |
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