Understanding Early Warning Systems
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Understanding Early Warning Systems

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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?

  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>Individuals, communities, governments, businesses, and others</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is included in the integrated system of an Early Warning System?

    <p>Forecasting and prediction of hazardous events</p> Signup and view all the answers

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