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Tsunamis can be deadly, but they needn’t be. Early warning and early action are effective tools to protect people, saving lives, and preventing the hazard from becoming a disaster. To be effective, tsunami early-warning systems must cover every at-risk person, they must be multi-hazard, and communities must be prepared so they can act quickly.

Update

24 Mayo 2021

Scientists hope atmospheric modeling can predict meteotsunamis

The first extensively documented air pressure–driven meteotsunami on one of the Great Lakes presents an opportunity to use existing weather models to predict them.

Eos - AGU

Research briefs

11 Mayo 2021

Space-based system can provide seismic monitoring for large earthquakes, tsunamis

Researchers have developed a global earthquake monitoring system that uses the Global Navigational Satellite System (GNSS) to measure crustal deformation.

Seismological Society of America

Update

21 Abril 2021

Fukushima ten years on: Lessons learned

Ian McKinley, Shinichi Nakayama and Susie Hardie consider how recovery has progressed at Fukushima Daiichi and what lessons can be learned for the future

Nuclear Engineering International

Novedades

2 Diciembre 2020

Las vidas del tsunami

La resiliencia se puede construir desde distintos sectores. Desde la cocina incluso. Así lo demostraron las protagonistas del documental Tsunami Ladies, presentado por la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres (UNDRR) -

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

Statements and messages

4 Noviembre 2020

Tsunamis supreme test of risk governance - UN Secretary-General

MESSAGE OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR WORLD TSUNAMI AWARENESS DAY, 5 NOVEMBER We live in a multi-hazard world where risk is systemic and embedded in the very fabric of human development. Currently we are struggling with what some describe as a tsunami

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Press release

13 Octubre 2020

#DIRRD: Informe de ONU muestra gran aumento en desastres de origen climático

GINEBRA, 12 de Octubre 2020 – Un informe de Naciones Unidas realizado para el Día Internacional para la Reducción del Riesgo de Desastres, a conmemorarse este 13 de octubre, confirma cómo los eventos climáticos extremos ha llegado a dominar el panorama

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)