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Specific Risks

Specific Risks
  • UNESCO/CSI/LINKS, Bangkok
  • UNDAC and UNESCO Bangkok teams visiting Baan Khem, one of the hardest hit villages during the tsunami of 26 December 2004

Coastal regions and small islands are at particular risk from a wide range of natural hazards, including tropical storms, earthquakes, tsunamis and volcanic eruptions.

Specific Risks refers to:

 
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