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Pacific Ocean tsunami: UNESCO's early warning system proves once again its effectiveness
Just ten minutes after the earthquake, the Pacific Tsunami Warning System, coordinated by UNESCO, issued an initial warning covering the areas most at risk, particularly the Russian and Japanese coasts. This warning was then relayed by national centers and enabled the immediate implementation of evacuation plans in several countries.
Maps: Tracking a Tsunami in the Pacific Ocean
Alerts for a potential tsunami were issued for coastlines in North America, Hawaii, Russia and Japan after a powerful 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck in the North Pacific Ocean off Russia’s northern Pacific coast, according to the U.S. Tsunami Warning System, which is part of the National Weather Service.
Researchers traveling along the Kuril–Kamchatka and Aleutian trenches in the northwest Pacific Ocean used a manned ...
Researchers visited bottom-dwellers in ocean trenches between Russia and Alaska.
A tsunami advisory has been issued for the Oregon Coast for the evening of July 29 by the National Weather Service.
Hurricane Iona was expected to move westward for the next couple of days and stay far south of the Hawaiian Islands, ...
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Forecasters say Iona rapidly strengthened into a hurricane in the central Pacific Ocean and is expected to continue trekking ...
The Pacific Ocean is teaming with tropical activity as forecasters track two named systems and a few other disturbances this week.
Wildlife officials are investigating the death of a sea otter found bound and bruised on a Washington beach. A $5,000 reward ...
Arresting images have emerged of cruise line passengers apparently being abandoned in Hawaii as the vessel frantically leaves ...
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