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Please help the NWS spread these important safety messages and posts about historic tsunamis on social media! Everyone is welcome to use the text and images provided below to help the NWS build a Weather-Ready Nation.

Tsunami Preparedness (Video)

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A tsunami can strike any ocean coast at any time throughout the year.  While they don’t happen very often, they pose a major threat to coastal communities.  Check out this video for things you can do to prepare. https://youtu.be/x0GX_kc7JZo #TsunamiPrep

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If you live, work or play on the coast, you should prepare for a #tsunami https://youtu.be/x0GX_kc7JZo #TsunamiPrep

Tsunami Prep

 

Tsunami Dangers

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A tsunami can be very dangerous to life and property on the coast. It can produce strong and dangerous currents, rapidly flood the land and cause great destruction. Even small tsunamis can be dangerous. Strong currents can injure and drown swimmers and damage and destroy boats in harbors. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/about.shtml #TsunamiPrep

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A #tsunami, which may resemble a fast-rising flood, can be very dangerous to life & property http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/about.shtml #TsunamiPrep

Tsunami Dangers

 

Prepare for a Tsunami

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If tsunamis are a threat in your community, you should include tsunami-specific preparations in your emergency plan. Learn the evacuation routes, identify safe places and practice evacuating. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/before.shtml #TsunamiPrep

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At risk from #tsunamis? Plan for and practice evacuation. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/before.shtml #TsunamiPrep

Prepare for a Tsunami

What is a Tsunami?

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What is a tsunami? A tsunami is not just one wave, but a series of waves caused by a large and sudden displacement of the ocean. Most tsunamis are caused by undersea earthquakes. There is no season for tsunamis. A tsunami can strike at any time along an ocean coast and can be very dangerous to life and property. Learn more at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/about.shtml. #TsunamiPrep

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What is a #tsunami? A series of waves that can strike anywhere on a coast, any time http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/about.shtml #TsunamiPrep

What is a Tsunami?

 

Know Your Risk

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Do you live, work or play on the coast? Do you know your community’s tsunami risk? Your community may have identified and mapped tsunami hazard and evacuation zones. Find links to tsunami maps on this page http://nws.weather.gov/nthmp/maps.html or ask your local/state emergency management office or your local NWS forecast office for more info. #TsunamiPrep

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Live, work or play on the coast? Know your #tsunami risk & evacuation zones https://nws.weather.gov/nthmp/maps.html #TsunamiPrep

Know Your Risk

 

U.S. Tsunami Alerts

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Official tsunami warnings are broadcast through local radio and tv, marine radio, wireless emergency alerts, NOAA Weather Radio and NOAA websites. They may also come through outdoor sirens, local officials, text message alerts and telephone notifications. Learn about the four levels of tsunami alerts for the U.S.: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/alerts.shtml.  #TsunamiPrep

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Tsunami alerts come from many sources like @NOAA websites & @NOAA Weather Radio http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/alerts.shtml #TsunamiPrep

U.S. Tsunami Alerts

 

Natural Tsunami Warnings

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If a tsunami strikes, there may not be enough time for an official warning, so it is important to understand natural warnings. If you are at the coast and feel a strong or long earthquake, see a sudden rise or fall of the ocean or hear a loud roar from the ocean, a tsunami may follow. Move quickly to high ground or inland, away from the water. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/before.shtml #TsunamiPrep

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Know nature's #tsunami warnings: strong or long quake, sudden ocean rise or fall, ocean roar http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/before.shtml #TsunamiPrep

Natural Tsunami Warnings

 

How to Respond to a Tsunami Warning

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Some tsunami warnings will be official, others will be natural. Both are equally important. Official tsunami warnings will tell you what to do. Get updates from local radio/tv or your mobile phone. Follow instructions from local officials. http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/during.shtml #TsunamiPrep
 
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Both official & natural #tsunami warnings are important. Learn how to respond: http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/Tsunami/during.shtml #TsunamiPrep

How to Respond to a Tsunami Warning

 

TsunamiReady

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Communication and education are important parts of the tsunami warning system. Through NOAA’s TsunamiReady program, a voluntary community recognition program, the National Weather Service works with communities to help them minimize the risk posed by tsunamis. Areas of emphasis include risk assessment, planning, education and warning communications. Becoming #TsunamiReady can improve public safety and reduce tsunami losses. Learn more: https://www.weather.gov/tsunamiready/ #TsunamiPrep

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Becoming #TsunamiReady can improve public safety & reduce #tsunami losses: https://www.weather.gov/tsunamiready/ #TsunamiPrep

TsunamiReady

 

National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

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Led by NOAA, the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program (NTHMP) works to protect lives and reduce economic losses from tsunamis at the community level. The #NTHMP includes NOAA, FEMA, the USGS and 28 U.S. states/territories. Through collaboration, coordination, and support to partner states/territories, the NTHMP focuses on three key functions: hazard assessment, warning guidance and mitigation. Learn more: http://nws.weather.gov/nthmp/index.html. #TsunamiPrep

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National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program aims to protect lives, reduce economic losses. http://nws.weather.gov/nthmp/index.html #TsunamiPrep #NTHMP

National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program

 

September 29, 2009: Samoa Earthquake and Tsunami

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Preparedness saves lives! On September 29, 2009, a magnitude 8.1 earthquake generated a tsunami that took 192 lives and caused great destruction in Samoa, American Samoa and Tonga. While these losses were significant, the disaster could have been much worse. Due to American Samoa's ongoing tsunami preparedness outreach efforts, many lives were saved in the U.S. territory. If you live, work or play on the coast, learn what you can do to prepare for a tsunami from the National Weather Service’s Tsunami Program at weather.gov/tsunamisafety. #TsunamiPrep
 
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9/29/2009: #Tsunami killed 192, brought destruction to Samoa, American Samoa & Tonga. Knowledge saved lives! weather.gov/tsunamisafety

September 29, 2009

 

October 11, 1918: Puerto Rico Earthquake and Tsunami

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On October 11, 1918, a tsunami set in motion by an earthquake-generated submarine landslide struck the western and northern coasts of Puerto Rico. Damage from the earthquake and tsunami approximated $61 million (2017 dollars), and at least 140 lives were lost. Today, all of Puerto Rico's at-risk municipios are recognized as #TsunamiReady by the National Weather Service. weather.gov/tsunamiready #TsunamiPrep

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10/11/1918: Puerto Rico earthquake & #tsunami. 140+ deaths. Damage ~$61 million. All PR coasts now = #TsunamiReady weather.gov/tsunamiready

October 11, 1918

 

November 18, 1867: U.S. Virgin Islands Earthquake and Tsunami

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150 years ago today (November 18, 1867), less than a month after a deadly hurricane struck the region, a magnitude 7.5 earthquake generated the most destructive and deadly tsunami in U.S. Virgin Islands recorded history. The first waves reached the shore within about 15 minutes. Today, the NWS Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program supports improved tsunami monitoring, training and readiness in the Virgin Islands and elsewhere in the Caribbean region. caribewave.info #TsunamiPrep

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150 years ago today, US Virgin Islands' worst #tsunami. NWS Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program supports #TsunamiPrep caribewave.info

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