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Hazards
- Avalanche snow avalanche, snow slide
- Cold Wave extreme weather, extreme temperature, cold temperatures
- Cyclone hurricane, tropical storm, tropical depression, typhoon
- Drought deficiency of precipitation, desertification, pronounced absence of rainfall
- Earthquake seismic, tectonic
- Epidemic & Pandemic epidemic: bubonic plague, cholera, dengue, non-pandemic diseases, typhoid; pandemic: H1N1, HIV, smallpox, tuberculosis
- Flood inundation; includes: flash floods
- Heat Wave extreme weather, extreme temperature, high temperatures
- Insect Infestation locust, plague, African bees
- Land Slide debris flow, mud flow, mud slide, rock fall, slide, lahar, rock slide and topple
- NBC - Nuclear, Biological, Chemical biohazard risk, chemical contamination, nuclear radiation risk
- Storm Surge coastal flood, wave surge, wind setup
- Technical Disaster chemical spill/leak, explosions, collapses, gas leaks, urban fire, oil spill, technical failure
- Tornado waterspout, twister, vortex
- Tsunami
- Volcano crater, lava, magma, molten materials, pyroclastic flows, volcanic rock, volcanic ash
- Wild Fire bush fire, forest fire, uncontrolled fire, wildland fire
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