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Policies that promote mitigation are crucial to reducing the threat of disaster caused by natural hazards. In the United States, the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP), run by NOAA in cooperation with USGS, FEMA, and the coastal U.S. states, has been developed to encourage tsunami mitigation practices. For more information, see the Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States: A Framework for Action. NOAA also manages the Storm Ready and Tsunami Ready programs, which recognize thousands of counties, communities, universities, and other members that meet a set of mitigation and preparedness criteria. Such programs and the policies advancing them are foundational to protecting people and places from disaster.