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...o the years, which converts a YLT to a WYLT. An example would be adjusting weather and climate risk YLTs to account for the effects of climate variability and |title=Insurance and the Natural Hazards ...

...ew of several notable emergency related scales. They concentrate mainly on weather and environmental scales that provide a common understanding and lexicon wi ...Mercalli Intensity Scale | publisher = U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Hazards Program | accessdate = 13 September 2010 | url = https://earthquake.usgs.go ...

...ate to the creation of components in a factory setting, protected from the weather and using manufacturing techniques such as assembly lines with dedicated an ...from heights, objects are dropped, muscles are strained and environmental hazards can be found. Modular construction constrains all manufacturing activities ...

== General hazards to aircraft == |title=Air France Flight #447: did weather play a role in the accident? ...

...ews-features/blogs/beyond-data/2010-2019-landmark-decade-us-billion-dollar-weather-and-climate |publisher=National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration |acc ...r=United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Weather Service|date=December 20, 2005|type=Tropical Cyclone Report}}</ref><ref nam ...

...ns and Symptoms of Heat-Related Illness {{!}} Natural Disasters and Severe Weather {{!}} CDC|url=https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/extremeheat/warning.html|access ...tps://www.weather.gov/safety/heat-index|access-date=2020-11-03|website=www.weather.gov|language=EN-US}}</ref> To address this, a [[heat index]] measure includ ...

...related to certain community characteristics. Shocks are natural forms of hazards (floods, earthquakes), while stresses are more chronic events that can deve ...cusing primarily on earthquake preparedness and resilience. For earthquake hazards, the rating relies heavily on the requirements set by the Building codes fo ...

...ic modeling)|parametrize]] their effects in [[Numerical weather prediction|weather]] and [[climate model]]s. Internal wave breaking may also cause ecological hazards, such as [[red tide]]s<ref name="Melissa M 2011"/> and low dissolved oxygen ...

...are often emphasized in discussing disease. A typology of envirome health hazards suggested by McDowall is natural physico-chemical, man-made physico-chemica ...has experienced reduced costs for acquiring environmental sensors (e.g., [[weather stations]]) to be installed in the field trials while increasing the reliab ...

...sgs.gov/learn/faq/?faqID=109 |publisher=U.S. Geological Survey: Earthquake Hazards Program |access-date=March 14, 2011 |type=No publication date |url-status=d ...to Cause Chaos?|last=Paquette|first=Mark|date=March 1, 2011|work=Astronomy Weather Blog|publisher=[[AccuWeather]]|access-date=March 14, 2011}}</ref> A large, ...

...=Service |first=National Weather |title=National Weather Service - Tsunami Hazards |url=https://tsunami.gov/?page=tsunami_science |access-date=2024-09-23 |web ...

Wave overtopping typically transpires during extreme weather events, such as intense storms, which often elevate water levels beyond ave ...l users, designers and overseeing authorities must also address the direct hazards posed by overtopping. This necessitates evaluating the level of hazard and ...

There is a [[List of diving hazards and precautions|large range of hazards]] to which the diver may be exposed. These each have associated consequence ...vel of risk. When one operates where it is not feasible to avoid or remove hazards completely, safety implies that defences have been set up to recover from f ...

...ons were still without safely managed drinking water. Other water-related hazards related to flooding and drought also remain significant threats to human de ...26 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> This is because climate change can increase ''weather-related shocks,'' namely droughts, heavy rain and temperature extremes. Thi ...

{{Weather}} ...g three-dimensional zones of temperature and moisture contrasts known as [[weather fronts]]. If enough moisture and upward motion is present, [[precipitation] ...

...e problems with [[Aquaplaning|hydroplaning]], and ice accumulation in cold weather. ...he care and focus ordinarily required of a driver against certain types of hazards may be somewhat amplified on roads with lower [[functional classification]] ...

...|first1=Samuel S. |title=Evaluating System for Ground-Water Contamination Hazards Due to Gas-Well Drilling on the Glaciated Appalachian Plateau |journal=Grou ...n)|absorption]] and [[scattering]] of radiant energy, leading to shifts in weather via changes in cloud drop [[nucleation]] and the solar [[Earth's energy bud ...

...of clear visibility, but it may be attenuated to a margin of which beyond hazards may reasonably be expected to spontaneously appear. The rule is the specifi ...name="235 N.C. 568"/> [[cyclist]], and [[pedestrian]]—as well as [[natural hazards]] which may occupy or obstruct the roadway beyond the edge of visibility,<r ...

...ame=geo2_3_113/> [[Supervolcano]] events are the most impactful geological hazards, generating over {{val|1000|u=km3|fmt=commas}} of fragmented material and c ...tes will result in [[Orogenic uplift|mountain building]], thereby shifting weather patterns. [[Sea level]]s may fall because of increased glaciation.{{sfn|Cal ...