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Tsunami
Waves generated by submarine earth movements, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or landslides. source: CRED
Japan: Tokyo conducts disaster drill at stations, companies
3 Feb 2012, Mainichi Daily news, the
Organized by the Tokyo metropolitan government, the drill was based on the scenario that a magnitude 7.3 quake had halted public transportation following the Great East Japan Earthquake 2011...
- Georisque 2012: Risques naturels sur les littoraux14-15 Feb 2012, Morocco (El Jadida)
- Japan-UNESCO/UNU symposium on the great East Japan tsunami on 11 March 2011 and tsunami warning systems: policy perspectives16-17 Feb 2012, Japan (Tokyo)
- International workshop on large-scale natural disaster and protected areas17 Feb 2012, Japan (Tokyo)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Disaster ManagementGlobal Fields Inst, Nairobi, Kenya
Teaching disaste risk reduction with interactive methods: book for head of class teachers, grades V-IX2011, ECHO; Min of Edu and Science, Georgia - gov; UNICEF
Vanuatu disaster awareness poster2011, RCS Vanuatu
Second world landslide forum: putting science into practice - abstract book2011, ISPRA, Italy - gov; ICL; IPL; UNISDR
Global risks 2012, seventh edition2012, WEF
Munich Re: Worldwide distribution of natural catastrophes in 2011Jan 2012, Munich Re
Natural hazards economic exposure risk map 2011Aug 2011, Maplecroft
- ID Risques, un podcast radio sur les risques majeurs2011, IDEAL Connaissances; MEDDTL, France - gov
- Walking to safety - raised parks for tsunami evacuation2011, GHI; Swiss Re
- Chilean girl saves island2010, CNN
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
- Disaster risk reduction (DRR) project portal for Asia and the Pacific
- Education for hazards
- Global Disaster Alert and Coordination System (GDACS)
- 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)
- PREVIEW Global Risk Data Platform
- SATCA: Early warning system for Central America
- Tsunami reconstruction
- UNESCO/IOC global tsunami website
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