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The Vulnerability Assessment Step 5: Assess the Risks Introduction The Northeast Colorado Multi-County Planning Committee (MCPC) conducted a Vulnerability Assessment to describe the impact that each hazard identified in the preceding section would have upon the planning area. This portion of the plan evaluates those risks where they are similar across the entire planning area, and where they vary from the risks facing the entire planning area. The hazards assessed are: · Floods · Blizzards and Severe Winter Storms · Drought · Tornadoes · Other Wind Hazards · Hail and Severe Summer Storms · Earthquakes · Landslides · Wildland/Grassland Fires · Noxious Weeds, and · Wildlife and Insects This portion of the plan begins with a general description for each hazard. In the next section, behind the Tab labeled "County Strategies,' there is a county-by- county accounting. Actual impacts and associated losses of past occurrences are included within the "History of Recorded Losses" developed for each county. These "histories" confirm that the hazard poses some risk to that county, and describes, where data is available, how it has impacted the county. The county-by-county assessments also detail what is vulnerable to all hazards by describing the population at risk, the rate of population growth, and a general description of land-uses and development trends. Each county assessment also presents a listing of the total values (actual and/or assessed) of property at risk. Then, a separate analysis was made to determine the vulnerability to floods. The Planning Team determined that the general risk to all the natural hazards identified, with the exception of floods, are similar across the entire planning area. A statement clarifying this determination is included in the general description of each hazard that follows. 25