The chances of a tsunami in the next 30 years in the Mediterranean Seawith waves over a meter high and seven hundred deep and consequences that can become “catastrophic”, they are very tall”according to statistics collected by UNESCO.
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During a press conference On the global warning system against tidal waves “Tsunami Ready”, the Secretary of the UNESCO Oceanographic Commission (IOC), Vladimir Ryabinin, clarified that “there is not a 100 percent chance of it happening, but these are very high and we have have to be ready for it.”
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Currently there 40 coastal areas of 21 countries that are recognized by UNESCO as being prepared to suffer a tsunamia topic that will be the protagonist at the United Nations (UN) ocean summit that will take place in Lisbon from June 27.
The “Tsunami Ready” initiative seeks to prepare coastal communities for tsunamis in all regions of the world.
Currently, there are 40 coastal areas in 21 countries that are recognized by UNESCO as being prepared to suffer a tsunami
In the case of the Mediterranean area, the experts warn of the underestimation of the tsunami risk by the authorities and that, therefore, these populations are not very aware.
This project, funded by the EU, began to get under way on the Greek island of Kos in 2020, after the small tsunami suffered in 2017.
Now, UNESCO joins the EU and wants to take this training and protection initiative to all the coastal communities of the world.
“The goal is to have 100 percent of the coastal areas prepared to experience a tsunami. Many of them are vulnerable areas and must be prepared when they face this threat,” explained the specialist of the IOC-UNESCO tsunami program, Bernardo Aliaga.
To prepare the training programs for the populations to assume a tsunami, a series of criteria are taken into account that evaluate the risks in each area, including the socio-economic level of the communities, the composition of the land or the vegetation.
Aliaga stressed the vital importance of good coordination between the research communities and the security and emergency institutions and bodies to provide an effective response to a tsunami.
70% of these phenomena are caused by seismic movements, 20% are due to volcanic activity and the remaining 10% are due to meteorological phenomena.
EFE
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