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USGS Science Helps Build Safer Communities

SCIENCE FOR A SAFER, STRONGER AMERICA

In the United States each year, natural hazards cause hundreds of deaths and cost tens of billions of dollars in disaster aid, disruption of commerce, and destruction of homes and critical infrastructure. This series of fact sheets will educate citizens, emergency managers, and lawmakers on seven natural hazards facing the Nation -- earthquakes, floods, hurricanes, landslides, tsunamis, volcanoes, and wildfires -- and show how USGS science helps mitigate disasters and build resilient communities.

Hurricanes:   FS 2005-3121
Landslides:   FS 2005-3156
Volcanoes:   FS 2006-3014
Wildfires:   FS 2006-3015
Earthquakes:   FS 2006-3016
Tsunamis:   FS 2006-3023
Floods:   FS 2006-3026

 

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