real-time data / all-hazard warning systems / technology interagency implementation actions / natural energy dissipaters / tsunami warnings systems / risk assessment tools / hazard mitigation strategies and technologies / energy dissipaters / on-line forecast models / /
NaturalFeature
Gulf of Mexico / U.S. Geological Survey / West Coast / U.S. Department of the Interior / Atlantic coast / Hawaii / United States Pacific Coast / Indian Ocean / /
Organization
Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction / National Science and Technology Council’s Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction / Alaska Tsunami Warning Center / National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration / National Science and Technology Council / SC AL / U.S. Department of the Interior / Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission’s sub-Commission for the Caribbean / /
Person
DART IOCARIBE / /
ProvinceOrState
Alaska / Hawaii / California / California and Canada / Hawaii and the west coast / /
Region
Caribbean / Indian Ocean / Gulf of Mexico / west coast / /
What is at Stake? DEFINITION AND BACKGROUND. Tsunamis—large, rapidly moving ocean waves resulting from disturbances on the ocean floor—are among the most devastating of all hazards. United