World Tsunami Awareness Day (WTAD) 2025
To achieve the goal of the Sendai Framework of reducing disaster losses by promoting resilience building measures that protect lives, livelihoods, and economies from the devastating impacts of tsunamis from all sources, including volcanos, the theme of World Tsunami Awareness Day 2025, which is on 5 November, will be “Be Tsunami Ready: Invest in Tsunami Preparedness”.
Key messages
- Tsunami preparedness is a public good and a sound economic strategy
Investments in tsunami early warning, evacuation mapping, risk education, and regular drills reduce mortality, limit disruption, and protect development gains along coasts.
- Regional coherence is key for tsunami early warning
Interoperable, cross-border systems and shared protocols create timely, trusted tsunami alerts and a common operating picture across entire coastlines.
- Financing and innovation for tsunami resilience is necessary
Financing aligned with coastal risk, together with proven and emerging tsunami technologies (e.g., detection networks, inundation modelling, resilient infrastructure), underpins durable coastal economies.
- Tsunami risk communication should be continuous
Because tsunamis are low-frequency, high-impact hazards, sustained public awareness maintains tsunami risk memory, keeps evacuation routes and roles familiar, and supports whole-of-society resilience.
- Tsunami readiness is measurable
A performance-based community framework using tsunami-specific indicators such as accessible public information, routine education activities, and community tsunami drills signals that essential safeguards are in place.
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