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Tsunami
Waves generated by submarine earth movements, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or landslides. source: CRED
Jamaicans urged to learn to respond to earthquakes
8 Jan 2010, Jamaica Observer. the
As the country observes Earthquake Awareness Month, Dr Lynden Brown, head of the Earthquake Unit and research fellow at the University of the West Indies (UWI) has been urging Jamaicans to be aware of their surroundings and be prepared for earthquakes...
- Fifth session of the intergovernmental coordination group for the tsunami and other coastal hazards warning system for the Caribbean and adjacent regions10-12 Mar 2010, Nicaragua (Managua)
- Fifth meeting on regional tsunami warning system architecture17-18 Mar 2010, France (Paris)
- The 3rd international field symposium: science, technology and disaster mitigation09-16 Apr 2010, Japan (Sendai)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Disaster ManagementGlobal Fields Inst, Nairobi, Kenya
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Rebuilding lives after the tsunami, the children's road to recovery: five years later2009, Save the Children Alliance
- Lessons from Aceh: key considerations in post-disaster reconstruction2010, ARUP; DEC
- Communities and coastal zone management2010
- Sketch of global tsunami hazardMay 2009, UNISDR
- Tsunami modelling of Manila Bay (the Philippines)May 2009, UNISDR
- Global Climate Risk Index 2010Dec 2009, Germanwatch
- Tsunami - building better for next time2009, UNISDR - AP
- Ancient tsunami records2008, NPG
- 2007 Disasters in numbers2008, CRED; UNISDR
Human Exposure - Absolute exposure to tsunami
| Countries | People exposed per year
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| 1 | Indonesia | 5,402,239 |  |
| 2 | Japan | 4,497,645 | |
| 3 | Bangladesh | 1,598,546 | |
| 4 | India | 1,114,388 | |
| 5 | Philippines | 894,848 | |
Source of data: 2009 Global Assessment Report |
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Number of tsunami occured (reported)
| Source of data: OFDA/CRED International Disaster Database |
External Online Resources on Tsunami
- British Red Cross: Better prepared after the tsunami
- Education for hazards
- Humanitarian early warning system (HEWS): HEWSweb
- inTERRAgate
- Martinique: risques et nuisances (in French)
- Natural disaster awareness tool catalogue
- OIKOS: interactive game and information on hazard impact, mechanism, mitigation and simulation (in many languages)
- SATCA: Early warning system for Central America
- Tsunami reconstruction
- UNESCO/IOC global tsunami website
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