World Tsunami Awareness Day 2026 was commemorated at UNHQ in New York, on November 5th, 2026, bringing together governments, UN agencies and partners, under the theme 'Resilience Starts With You'.
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On World Tsunami Awareness Day, more than 328,000 people from over 1,000 kindergartens, schools and higher education institutions in Chile’s Valparaíso region practised an earthquake and tsunami evacuation, joined by UNDRR head Kamal Kishore.
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Communities around the world are rising to the challenge of tsunami resilience, creating a global wave of readiness, so that warnings and evacuation routes work for the people most at risk of being left behind.
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To commemorate World Tsunami Awareness Day – marked each year on 5 November – UNDRR held an innovation showcase and policy dialogue, generously hosted by the Permanent Mission of Japan in Geneva.
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A tsunami warning is a race against time. A wave triggered close to shore can arrive within minutes, and when a volcano or landslide is the source, systems designed around earthquakes may register the threat late or not at all.
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A tsunami can reach the coast within minutes of an earthquake or other sudden disturbance, sometimes before any official alert. What people already know, and what they do in those first minutes, often decides who survives.
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To counter the widespread misconception that Timor-Leste is safe from tsunamis, UNDRR teamed up with the Civil Protection Authority, UNESCO-IOC and Pacifico to hold a week of public awareness activities at schools to mark World Tsunami Awareness Day.
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UNDRR commemorated World Tsunami Awareness Day at UN Headquarters in New York, bringing together Member States, UN leaders, scientists, local officials and youth representatives.
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The story of rebuilding after tsunamis in India is not only one of infrastructure. It's also about women stepping into leadership roles to redesign how the coast sustains itself.
