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HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN

Anyone in this region who resided here during Hurricane Isabel in 2003 or more recently, Hurricane Irene, Tropical Storm Lee or the Mineral earthquake can take comfort in the knowledge that a group of local officials are working to update plans to mitigate the damage from natural disasters.  Our region is vulnerable to a number of natural disasters, including the effects of flood and wind damage caused by hurricanes, northeasters, winter storms and tornadoes.  Earthquakes are now on the list.

For the most part, the last 50 years have been relatively free of disasters throughout the GWRC