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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.

People standing in line following the 2004 tsunami in Indonesia.
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We’ve been following victims of the Boxing Day tsunami for 16 years – this is what we’ve learned about recovering from disaster

On December 26 2004, waves triggered by a massive earthquake slammed into the coastlines of countries ringing the Indian Ocean. The death toll was enormous.
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Impact of the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami
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Resilience of fisheries following Tohoku tsunami

A small Japanese fishing community managed to recover from the disaster through cooperative community activity.
Tohoku University
Waves crash on the rocky coast of Lake Superior at Michigan's Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in autumn (USA)
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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.
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Pacific Northwest Geodetic Array, Central Washington University
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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
Impact of the Japan tsunami in 2011
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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
Tsunami Ladies
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Tsunami Ladies cook up a resilient future for vulnerable villages

Resilience can be created anywhere - even at the kitchen table. For six women from Chile and Japan who survived the massive tsunamis that devastated their villages, food played a vital role in helping their communities rebuild and recover. In the
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean