Trumbull County officials rank top threats

WARREN — At the onset of a new year, Trumbull County officials gathered last week to assess the county’s most-serious man-made and natural hazards.

A committee of five people representing the county and Warren health departments, Trumbull County Emergency Management Agency and ValleyCare Trumbull Memorial Hospital ranked severe thunderstorms, windstorms and tornadoes as the most-serious threat.

That’s the same No. 1 ranking when a slightly different group discussed and ranked the top hazards one year earlier, said Sandy Swann, director of nursing at the county health department.

In fact, among the top nine, the group made only a few adjustments from the previous year – adding animal or insect infestation or damage to the list at No. 4 and terrorism at No. 7.

Earthquakes, which were in the news in 2014 because of ones occurring in Weathersfield Township because of a since-closed injection well, dropped from No. 7 to No. 9.

Emerging diseases remained No. 2, while flooding was No. 3 and snow and ice dropped from No. 4 to No. 5.

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