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Official's Guide to Disasters <br /> Measurement of Types of Hazard Impacts <br /> • <br /> Yp P <br /> Magnitude <br /> (percent of <br /> Type property in county Severity <br /> damaged) <br /> Catastrophic More than 50% Multiple deaths, complete shutdown of facilities <br /> for 30 days or more. 50% of property damaged. <br /> Critical 25%to 50% Multiple severe injuries, complete shutdown of <br /> critical facilities for 2 weeks, more than 25% of <br /> property damaged. <br /> Limited 10% to 25% Some injuries, complete shutdown of critical <br /> facilities for more than a week. More than 10% of <br /> property damaged. <br /> Negligible Less than 10% Minor injuries, minimal quality of life impact, <br /> shutdown of critical facilities for 24-hours or less. <br /> Less than 10% of property is severely damaged. <br /> • <br /> Orange County Hazard Identification and Analysis <br /> Impacts <br /> Likelihood of Catastrophic/ <br /> Hazard Occurrence Area Critical/Limited <br /> Small/Medium/ Negligible <br /> Large Hazard Index <br /> Hurricanes Possible Large Critical Low <br /> Floods Possible Large Negligible High <br /> Tornadoes Unlikely Medium Limited Moderate <br /> Drought and Heat Likely Large Limited Moderate <br /> Wave <br /> Nor'easter Unlikely Medium Limited/ Low <br /> Negligible <br /> Appendices Page 5.12 • <br /> Version Date-April 9, 2012 <br />