Mar 10, 2022 · The International Tsunami Information Center - Caribbean Office (ITIC-CAR) supports domestic and international tsunami warning services and programs in the Caribbean and adjacent regions.

The ITIC Caribbean Office (ITIC-CAR), located in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, focuses on national and international tsunami warning services and programs in the Caribbean and adjacent regions.

Since 2011, the Caribe Wave exercise has generated hypothetical tsunami scenarios to evaluate tsunami response and preparedness of the forty-eight countries and territories in the Caribbean. Communications between the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center (PTWC), the Tsunami Warning Focal Points (TWFPs), and the National Tsunami Warning Centers (NTWC ...

Based on tsunami inundation models, these maps are used to create evacuation maps and guide tsunami-related emergency response and land-use planning. Tsunami evacuation maps show the coastal areas from which people must be evacuated to avoid harm from tsunami waves.

The National Tsunami Warning Center serves the continental United States, Alaska and Canada. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center directly serves the Hawaiian Islands, the U.S. Pacific and Caribbean territories and the British Virgin Islands and is the primary international forecast center for the Pacific and Caribbean Basins.

Tsunami Guideline Plan for Operators of Caribbean Ports Lisbon, Portugal, during the great earthquake of 1 November 1755. This piece of art, made that year, shows the city in ruins and in flames. Tsunami rush upon the shore, destroying the wharfs. This event is known as the first teletsunami affecting the

The 2022 annual tsunami exercise took place on March 10 to test Tsunami Warning Systems and promote tsunami preparedness in the Caribbean and adjacent regions.

Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program. National Program. International Tsunami Information Center Caribbean Office (ITIC-CAR) Weather.gov > Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program Sea Level Stations. IOC Sea Level Monitoring Facility; Status of Sea Level Data Availability; Sea Level Stations Map ...

CARIBE WAVE Tsunami Exercises. The purpose of these exercises is to improve the effectiveness of the tsunami warning system along the U.S./Canadian Atlantic and Caribbean coasts.

caribbean coastal regions outside puerto rico and the virgin ISLANDS SHOULD REFER TO THE PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER MESSAGES FOR INFORMATION ON THIS EVENT AT WWW.PRH.NOAA.GOV/PR/PTWC.