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Are you Tsunami Safe? Even Midwesterners visit coastal areas. Know what to do - how to prepare, and know the routes you need to take to safety. Tsunami Evacuation App for Pacific States Earthquakes + What Causes a Tsunami? Prepare for Tsunamis Nine Dangers at the Beach – Rip Currents | Shorebreak | Lightning | Tsunamis | Sharks | Jellyfish...

Official tsunami warnings are broadcast through local radio and tv, wireless emergency alerts, NOAA Weather Radio and NOAA websites. They may also come through outdoor sirens, local officials, text message alerts and telephone notifications. Also read: Tsunami Evacuation App Earthquakes + What Causes a Tsunami? Prepare for Tsunamis Nine Dangers at the Beach – Rip Currents | Shorebreak | Lightning...

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Are you Ready for an Earthquake? Do you Know What Causes a Tsunami? Generations of Californians have been "putting down roots" along one of the world's most famous faults -- the San Andreas. However, few Californians have experienced a major San Andreas earthquake. In Northern California, years ago in 1906. Over 3,000 people were killed and 225,000 people were left homeless. In Southern California...

Today ends National Tsunami Preparedness Week... Some more information on this final day - Videos, information, links and more: A tsunami is a series of ocean waves generated by sudden displacements in the sea floor, landslides, or volcanic activity. In the deep ocean, the tsunami wave may only be a few inches high. The tsunami wave may come gently ashore or may increase in height to become a fast moving wall of turbulent water several meters high. Although a tsunami cannot be prevented, the impact of a tsunami can be mitigated through community preparedness, timely warnings, and effective response. Information! NOAAWatch Tsunami website United States East Coast Tsunami Threat Tracking Marine Debris from the Japanese Tsunami New! Tsunami Preparedness Week - March 23-29, 2014 & March 27, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Great Alaska Earthquake and Tsunamis Recent Tsunami Events Listen to the Honshu, Japan earthquake on YouTube Honshu, Japan tsunami, March 11, 2011 - Event website What's happening now? Tsunami YouTube videos Feature Archive Basics: The Tsunami Story: Generation, propagation, warning systems, forecasts and reduction of impacts. Basic information about Tsunamis Tsunami Terminology NOAA's Role NOAA's Tsunami Program 2008–2017 Strategic Plan NOAA's role & Who does what? How does the Warning System work? Observations & Data Warnings & Forecasts Research & Modeling More Information: Featured Video! Tsunamis: Know What to Do (60 mgs) Captioned and Non captioned version (faster download via YouTube Responding to a Tsunami Warning Preparedness and response and the Tsunami Resilient Community Information for kids Tsunami Events pages from the NOAA Center for Tsunami Research About the December 26, 2004 Sumatra Indonesian tsunami After the December 26, 2004 Sumatra tsunami - NSF Report and Website Photos and Animations How models and data are used to generate inundation maps and forecasts US Response & Plans National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program Tsunami Risk Reduction for the United States: A Framework for Action - sdr Subcommittee on disaster reduction (sdr) US Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System Program and NOAA's role - US Government - USAID Continue reading →

Do you live in a tsunami warning zone? Learn how to prepare for tsunamis and help your community become TsunamiReady. Learn more during National Tsunami Awareness Week. Tsunamis, also known as seismic sea waves, are a series of enormous waves created by an underwater disturbance such as an earthquake, landslide, volcanic eruption, or meteorite. A tsunami can strike anywhere along...

Flooding - it's a Disaster often not considered... many areas prepare for Hurricane, Earthquake, Tornado, Tsunami, but a Flood can happen during high rains, or even on a clear sunny day if a Dam gives way or a Levy breaks... Floods are one of the most common hazards in the U.S. They can be local, impacting a neighborhood or very...