Tagged: natural disasters

12:35pm

Tue December 14, 2010
Public Health

State ranks high in disaster response - for now

Credit Gary Davis/KPLU

Washington gets a top grade for being ready to handle disasters. A new study ranks the state among the most adept a wide variety of public health threats, from flood response, handling disease outbreak, and reacting to chemical spills, among other emergencies. But the report warns gains in emergency preparedness could be lost to budget cuts. 

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