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Write the importance of Early Warning System in Disaster Risk Reduction.


The term refers to the provision of information on emergency to reduce the risk involved. Without the early warning system, the evacuation and rescue mission will be irrelevant. The system involves for the natural biographical hazard, geophysical, socio-political, industrial and other hazards. These systems depend upon the four main inter-related variables; they are observation and recordings, Risk knowledge and recognition, warning and dissemination, and appropriate response.


The early warning system is the major element of disaster risk reduction. Early action can often prevent a hazard from turning into human disaster by preventing loss of life and reducing the economic and material impacts. To be effective and sustainable they must actively involve the communities at risk.


The early warning system can be set up to avoid or reduce the impact of hazards such as floods, landslides, storms and forest fires. The significance of an effective early warning system lies in the recognition of its benefits by local people.


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