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• The fourth of five Early Warning System components consisting of the processes (including the media) and equipment necessary to make the public aware of potential, probable, or imminent danger or risk. A warning should be designed to prompt the population at risk to take protective action.

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  American Psychological Association (APA)

  Warning. (n.d.). Bureau of Reclamation Glossary. Retrieved April 2, 2023, from website: http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/warning.

  Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)

  Warning. www.usbr.gov. Bureau of Reclamation Glossary. Bureau of Reclamation. http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/warning (accessed: April 2, 2023).

  Modern Language Association (MLA)

  "Warning." Bureau of Reclamation Glossary. Bureau of Reclamation. 2 April. 2023 http://www.expertglossary.com/definition/warning.

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