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What is the primary function of an Early Warning System?
What is the primary function of an Early Warning System?
- Providing immediate response to disasters
- Assessing the impact of past disasters
- Communicating with affected individuals after a disaster
- Monitoring and forecasting hazardous events (correct)
What is essential for an effective Early Warning System?
What is essential for an effective Early Warning System?
- Empowering individuals and communities to respond to hazards (correct)
- Focusing solely on property loss and damage
- Minimizing the potential impact of disasters after they occur
- Issuing warnings only to government authorities
What does an Early Warning System aim to reduce?
What does an Early Warning System aim to reduce?
- Risk of economic instability in affected areas
- Risk of political unrest following disasters
- Risk of death, injury, property loss, and damage (correct)
- Risk of environmental degradation caused by disasters
Who should be enabled to take timely action through an Early Warning System?
Who should be enabled to take timely action through an Early Warning System?
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What is included in the integrated system of an Early Warning System?
What is included in the integrated system of an Early Warning System?
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