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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

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Enhancing and Scaling up Actions for Resilient and Safer Coast Discussed/Highlighted at the African Conference on Priority Setting and Partnership...

Sunday, 19 June 2022

The Intergovernmental Coordination Group for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (ICG/NEAMTWS) in partnership with the National Institute in Oceanography and Fisheries (NIOF, Egypt) organized a side event on “Resilient and Safer Coasts” at the kickoff African Conference on Priority Setting and Partnership Development f...

Underwater volcanoes: exceptional images filmed in the Mediterranean

Thursday, 23 June 2022

UNESCO - June 2022, Press Release Underwater volcanoes: exceptional images filmed in the Mediterranean: A new "UNESCO - 1 Ocean" exploration mission has just been carried out in the Aeolian Islands, Italy, with the goal of improving our knowledge of underwater volcanoes and the risk of tsunamis in the Mediterranean. The mission has brought back exceptional images, close to the bo...

Third Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference: Scaling Up action: Every Person on Earth Protected by Early Warning Systems within Five Years...

Tuesday, 12 July 2022

The Third Multi-Hazard Early Warning Conference (MHEWCIII) was held in Bali, Indonesia from 23 to 24 May at the Bali International Convention Centre (BICC) as a preparatory event for the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. Its theme was “From Stock Take to Scaling Actions on Target G: Accelerating the Knowledge and Practice of Early Warning Systems for Risk-Informed Resilience". An Organi...

Global Tonga tsunami explained by a fast-moving atmosperic source

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

In the article “Global Tonga tsunami explained by a fast-moving atmospheric source” published in Nature, Omira et al. (2022) addressed the global reach of the tsunami that followed the colossal explosion of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha'apai volcano on January 15th 2022. This was the first global volcano-triggered tsunami recorded by modern, worldwide and dense instrumentation and, thus, providing a un...

KOERI’s Tsunami Warning System in the Eastern Mediterranean and Its Connected Seas: A Decade of Achievements and Challenges

Wednesday, 28 September 2022

Abstract A tsunami warning system providing services in the Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean, Marmara and Black Seas under the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC)— Intergovernmental Coordination Group (ICG) for the Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System in the North-Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean and Connected Seas (NEAMTWS) framework was established in Turkey by the Ka...

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