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World Tsunami Awareness Day – November 05

November 5 , 2020 1433 days 739 0
  • It is started by the United Nations General Assembly in December 2015.
  • The term ‘Tsunami’ is a Japanese term which means “harbour wave”. 
  • In the past 100 years, 58 tsunami incidents have claimed more than 2.6 lac lives, or an average of 4,600 per disaster.
  • The theme of the world tsunami awareness day 2020 was “Sendai Seven Campaign”.

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