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Tsunami
Waves generated by submarine earth movements, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or landslides. source: CRED
Indonesia: Johanniter prepares communities in north Sulawesi for disasters
2 Sep 2010, Johanniter Intl Assistance
Sulawesi, one of the largest islands of Indonesia is regularly hit by natural disasters like earthquakes, volcano eruptions and floods/ tsunamis. In order to get prepared for emergencies there are some activities on district levels, but not for the broad population...
- 3rd international conference on GIT4NDM19-20 Oct 2010, Thailand (Chiang Mai)
- Indonesia disaster management expo (new date)04-06 Nov 2010, Indonesia (Jakarta, Kemayoran)
- AIWEST-DR 2010: 5th annual international workshop and expo on Sumatra tsunami disaster & recovery23-24 Nov 2010, Indonesia (Banda Aceh)
- Disaster Management and Humanitarian AssistanceUH, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Emergency ManagementFleming College, Peterborough, Ontario
- Disaster ManagementGlobal Fields Inst, Nairobi, Kenya
- Disaster risk reduction teaching exemplars (lesson plans)ACF International; Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo, Spain - gov; Save the Children Alliance
- Disaster preparedness tips: a guide book for personal safety in the field with special reference to Indonesia2009, CRC
- Safety audit: first step towards making schools saferAIDMI
From ISDR System and other DRR actors
- Assessment of the tsunami alert on 27/28 February 2010 in Eastern Samar and Leyte2010, GTZ
- Hazard profile of Myanmar2009, ADPC; Myanmar - gov
- Building back better for next time2010, EU; UNISDR - AP
- Sketch of global tsunami hazardMay 2009, UNISDR
- Tsunami modelling of Manila Bay (the Philippines)May 2009, UNISDR - EUR
- Global Climate Risk Index 2010Dec 2009, Germanwatch
- Chilean girl saves island2010, CNN
- Resilient women: women become change makers after 5 years of tsunami2010, GROOTS; SSP
- Tsunami - building better for next time2009, UNISDR - AP
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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