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In the documentary “Tsunami Ladies”, producers Emiliano Rodríguez Nuesch and Víctor Orellana show how the women fed neighbors and helped revive their local economies after the tsunamis that hit Chile in 2010 and Japan the following year.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Documents and publications

Despite progress in policy measures, early warning and risk information initiatives in Indonesia, the 2018 tsunami of Palu and Donggala showed that significant challenges remain. The study was commissioned by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization - Headquarters
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
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Educational materials

The booklet provides relevant tsunami facts and explains both how to identify a tsunami and how to cope with one.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
COPE Disaster Champions
Policies and plans

Civil Defense developed the Eviction Plan for the Municipality of Rio de Janeiro to guarantee the physical integrity of residents of high-risk areas.

Secretaria de Estado de Defesa Civil do Estado do Rio de Janeiro