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Commemorating the WTAD, 5 November 2020 in NEAM region: See recent news for more details.
ICG/NEAMTWS-XVI Session, 2-4 December Cannes, France
Bodrum–Kos (Turkey–Greece) Mw 6.6 earthquake and tsunami of 21 July 2017. See recent news below. Credit: NOA and JRC
Four Tsunami Service Providers received Certificate of Accreditation at the 29th Session of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) Assembly, 27 June 2017

Recent News

INGV, Italy Launches New Tsunami Warning Center Platform

Wednesday, 13 May 2020

The Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV) has launched a new website for their Tsunami Warning Center (CAT). The site is for the general public and the media and it contains information to understand the tsunami risk in Italy and in the Mediterranean. Several aspects of the tsunami phenomenon are described, from their causes and propagation, the warning and mitigation system, over ...

NEAMTWS World Tsunami Awareness Day 2020 Webinar Preparing for the next Tsunami Centers Down on Tsunami Education and Awareness...

Saturday, 07 November 2020

A Webinar to commemorate the 5th World Tsunami Awareness Day was organized by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO in partnership with UNDRR on 4th November 2020 for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and connected seas Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System (NEAMTWS) region. Over a hundred attendees participated in the Webinar. It was a first on that scal...

Emerging Pilot Tsunami Ready Initiatives: Italy’s Civil Protection Council of Ministers establishes the Italian National Tsunami Ready Board, a first...

Tuesday, 15 June 2021

Emerging Pilot Tsunami Ready Initiatives: Italy’s Civil Protection Council of Ministers establishes the Italian National Tsunami Ready Board, a first in NEAM Region To better prepare for tsunamis, there is a need to focus on tsunami education as much as early warning facilities and systems. Currently, there are no established community tsunami recognition programmes in the North-Eastern Atlantic ...

ECO Magazine UN Decade Article: Safer Coastal Zones by 2030

Tuesday, 29 June 2021

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the North-eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean and Connected Seas Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/NEAMTWS) has contributed an article to the ECO Magazine on the Ocean Decade societal outcome: Safe Ocean. The article highlights key achievements, gaps, challenges and opportunities in tsunami risk mitigation in the NEAM region. It also has the aim ...

Working Together Towards Community Tsunami Ready in the NEAM Region

Monday, 12 July 2021

The newly created Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the North-eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System (ICG/NEAMTWS) Group on Tsunami Ready co-chaired by Areti Plessa (Greece) and Cecilia Valbonesi (Italy), held its second meeting on 30 June. France, Italy and Spain reported gradual but incremental progress in initiating pilot Tsunami Read...

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