There are multiple ways to locate information about hazards in DisasterAWARE and to help you assess impacts.

This method is commonly used and allows you to quickly locate and select a hazard directly from the map. Place your cursor over the map and then click and drag your mouse to pan the map and look for hazards. Make sure the pan tool is highlighted on the left toolbar when trying to pan the map. See the section on Map Navigation Basics for more on this.

	Click the Hazards icon on the left toolbar. The Hazards panel will open, displaying a list of active hazards. By default, the most recently updated hazard will appear at the top of the list.
	Hazards are automatically updated in the list every five minutes. You may refresh the list sooner by clicking the three dots at the top of the hazard panel and then the Refresh Hazards option.

	Within the Hazard panel, use the Search field to quickly filter the list by keyword. You may zoom to a hazard on the map by clicking the “Go to” coordinates in the list. To learn more about hazards, their data sources, and hazard-specific layers, see the section Data Layers to Support Decision Making](#Data_Layers).*

You can filter search results for active and historical hazard information and products using the Advanced Hazard Search. Filters include active / expired hazards, types of hazards, dates ranges, severity, area, and more.

	Click the Hazard icon on the left toolbar to open the hazards panel.
	Next, click the Filter icon to the top right of the panel to use the Advanced Hazard Search feature.

To search a specific area, select the Draw Geographic Filter option. Then click and drag your cursor across the desired area on the map to draw a rectangle shaped filter around the area you wish to restrict your hazard search within.