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Progress in NTHMP Hazard Assessment

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The Hazard Assessment component of the U.S. National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program has completed 22 modeling efforts covering 113 coastal communities with an estimated population of 1.2 million residents that are at risk. Twenty-three evacuation maps have also been completed. Important improvements in organizational structure have been made with the addition of two State geotechnical agency representatives to Steering Group membership, and progress has been made on other improvements suggested by program reviewers.

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González, F.I. et al. (2005). Progress in NTHMP Hazard Assessment. In: Bernard, E.N. (eds) Developing Tsunami-Resilient Communities. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-3607-8_6

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