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Appendix
The Appendix includes Figures A1 to A13 show-
ing the surroundings of 13 towns. Outlines of
avalanches, as well as the evacuation plans are pre-
sented. The towns are divided into evacuation areas,
formed by vertical lines depending on avalanche paths
and horizontal lines showing evacuation levels (1-3),
as presented in Tables 3-5 and 8-17. The correlation
between the figures and tables is shown in the heading
of each table.
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