World Tsunami Awareness Day - 5 November

5 Nov 2019

World Tsunami Awareness Day – 5 November

World Tsunami Awareness Day – 5 NovemberToday is World Tsunami Awareness Day (or World Tsunami Day).

We observe this day to promote a global culture of tsunami awareness. Tsunamis are rare but has caused the most damage to human lives, out of all the natural disasters.

The UN General Assembly has called on all countries, international bodies and civil society to observe the day. This day has been observed every year since 2016
 	In 2019, World Tsunami Awareness Day promotes Target (d) of the "Sendai Seven Campaign," which focuses on reducing disaster damage to critical infrastructure and disruption of basic services.

This day is more important than ever, with climate change increasing the risk. By 2030, the United Nations estimates that 50% of the world's population will live in coastal areas exposed to flooding, storms and tsunamis.

Tsunami

A tsunami (or tidal wave) is a series of waves in a water body caused by the displacement of a large volume of water, generally in an ocean or a large lake. It can be caused by other disasters such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions etc.

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