Tsunami Risk Management in the Context of the Pacific Islands
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World Bank, Washington, DC
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Tsunamis can be devastating. The 2004
Indian Ocean and 2011 Tohoku disasters provide frightening
examples of the power of tsunamis. The Pacific has long been
recognized as a place where tsunamis occur - the
'Pacific Ring of Fire' (PRF) contains regions of
volcanoes and large earthquakes associated with tectonic
plate motions that are ideal breeding grounds for tsunamis.
The Pacific Ocean covers an area of 30 million km. Some 22
Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICTs) are dotted
throughout the Pacific and are vulnerable to varying
degrees, to the effects of tsunamis generated locally,
regionally and distantly tsunamis in the Pacific have
claimed numerous lives, caused widespread damage to coastal
infrastructure and heavily impacted natural ecosystems.
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AGRICULTURE, BATHYMETRY, BREEDING GROUNDS, CATASTROPHIC CONSEQUENCES, CLIMATE CHANGE, COAST, COASTAL COMMUNITIES, COASTAL ZONES, DAMAGE ASSESSMENT, DAMAGE ASSESSMENTS, DISASTER, DISASTER MANAGEMENT, DISASTER PREPAREDNESS, DISASTER REDUCTION, DISASTER RISK, DISASTER RISK REDUCTION, DISASTER SITUATIONS, DISASTERS, EARLY WARNING, EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, EARLY WARNING SYSTEMS, EARTHQUAKE, EARTHQUAKES, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, EMERGENCY PLANNING, EMERGENCY RESPONSE, EMERGENCY SERVICES, ERUPTION, EVACUATION, FIRE, FLOOD, FLOODING, HURRICANES, ISLAND, LANDSLIDE, LANDSLIDES, METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION, NATURAL DISASTER, NATURAL DISASTERS, NATURAL HAZARD, NATURAL HAZARDS, OCEAN RIDGES, OCEANOGRAPHERS, ORANGE, PACIFIC OCEAN, PHYSICAL DAMAGE, PUBLIC SAFETY, RECONSTRUCTION, RESCUE, RISK ASSESSMENT, RISK EXPOSURE, SAFETY, SEA, SEA FLOOR, SEA LEVEL, SEA LEVEL RISE, SEA LEVELS, SEDIMENTS, SURVIVORS, TECTONIC PLATE, TOPOGRAPHY, TSUNAMI, TSUNAMIS, VOLCANIC ERUPTIONS, VOLCANO, VOLCANOES, WATER DEPTH