Local
Hazards and Disasters
Clark
County, Washington, is a beautiful and scenic community
in the Pacific Northwest. But like most of the Pacific
Northwest it is also subject to an array of natural and
human-created hazards including:
- Flooding
- Windstorm
and Tornado
- Severe
Winter Weather
- Earthquake
- Landslide
- Drought
- Chemical
Emergency
- Terrorism
- Transportation
Accidents
- Dam
Failure
- Volcano
- Wildfire
Although
some disasters, lke earthquakes or volcanic eruption,
may not occur very often, their impact can be devastating,
and the effects may last for decades. Others, such as
tornados, occur so infrequently that some residents aren't
even aware of the risk.
Clark
County residents are familiar with certain disaster scenarios,
however, because they play out nearly every year. Flooding
and windstorms are an all-too-frequent occurrence, happening
nearly annually somewhere within the county.
Out
of all the potential natural disasters in the world, the
county is only immune to two: Located on the west coast,
hurricanes do not impact this community. The county is
also too far inland to experience any effects from a tsunami,
or tidal wave, that might occur at the coast.
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