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data-swiftype-type="text">Working in partnership to be ‘The UK’s trusted voice for coordinated natural hazards advice’.</p> <div data-swiftype-name="body" data-swiftype-type="text"> <div class="article-body"><p>The Met Office is actively involved in the NHP providing expertise in multiple natural hazards feeding into a wide ranging array of products and scientifically developing hazard impact models including technology infrastructure to support these.</p> <p><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200920034756/http://www.naturalhazardspartnership.org.uk/">www.naturalhazardspartnership.org.uk</a></p> <p>The NHP provides authoritative and consistent information, research and analysis on natural hazards for the development of more effective policies, communications and services for the UK’s civil contingencies, governments and responder community.</p> <p><img alt="" 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