Open AccessTsunami preparedness progress
Author(s) -
Showstack Randy
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2010eo390003
Subject(s) - preparedness , hazard , geography , event (particle physics) , environmental planning , meteorology , environmental resource management , environmental science , political science , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics , law , organic chemistry
Since the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, the United States has made progress in several areas related to detecting and forecasting tsunamis, including the expansion of a sensor network and improvements to hazard and evacuation maps. However, many U.S. coastal communities “still face challenges in responding to a tsunami that arrives in less than an hour after the triggering event,” according to a U.S. National Research Council report released on 16 September.