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Warning sign reading "Tsunami hazard zone"
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Caribbean throws spotlight on "forgotten" tsunami threat

From blowing conch shells to ringing church bells and sending mobile phone alerts, Caribbean countries are looking at high and low-tech ways to alert citizens to run for safety in the face of tsunamis which could wreak havoc on unprepared communities.
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Angola National Workshop on risk profiling for floods and droughts & Road Map to improve the availability, access and use of disaster risk information for early warning and action

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Luanda
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Zambia National Workshop on risk profiling for floods and droughts & Road Map to improve the availability, access and use of disaster risk information for early warning and action

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Lusaka
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U.R. Tanzania National Workshop on risk profiling for floods and droughts & Road Map to improve the availability, access and use of disaster risk information for early warning and action

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
Dodoma
Documents and publications

Study tour for disaster risk reduction

Within the Programme “Building Disaster Resilience to Natural Hazards in Sub-Saharan African Regions, Countries and Communities ”, UNDRR and CIMA Research Foundation organized a five-day Study Tour in Europe – namely Italy and Brussels - for members of

Statements and messages

4th Meeting of the Small Island States Resilience Initiative

Opening remarks SRSG Mami Mizutori 4th Meeting of the Small Island States Resilience Initiative ‘Bringing Resilience to Scale in SIDS’ 09.00 Sunday 12 May 2019 Room C1 WMO 7bis Avenue de la Paix Delegates & representatives from Small Islands Developing
Mami Mizutori with five young representatives from the High School Student Summit and Marc McDonald from the AARP Foundation at the Intergenerational Dialogue.
Updates

Building Resilience across Generations: World Tsunami Awareness Day

More than 150 government representatives, members of academia and young participants from the 2019 Japan World Tsunami Awareness Day High School Summit commemorated World Tsunami Awareness Day on 5 November at the United Nations Headquarters, New York and discussed innovative solutions to reduce tsunami risks.
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Multi-country workshop on improving availability, access and use of disaster risk information for early warning and action

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Africa
Centro Internazionale in Monitoraggio Ambientale
African Union Commission
Addis Ababa

2019 World Tsunami Awareness Day

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - New York UNHQ Liaison Office
Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations - New York
United Nations Development Programme
Permanent Mission of Indonesia to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Chile to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Republic of Maldives to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Australia to the United Nations, New York
Permanent Mission of Peru to the United Nations, New York
New York
Documents and publications

Limitations and challenges of early warning systems: A case study of the 2018 Palu-Donggala Tsunami

Despite progress in policy measures, early warning and risk information initiatives in Indonesia, the 2018 tsunami of Palu and Donggala showed that significant challenges remain. The study was commissioned by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction