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Science Channels: Floods/Tsunami	New Tsunami Education Web Site Developed by Oceanographers Scientists and Web developers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) have created a new educational Web site with crucial tips on how to prepare for and survive a tsunami. Tagged as “an interactive guide that could save your life,” the site also features the latest tsunami-related science research and compelling tsunami survivor videos and interviews. View	Released: 11/19/2009 3:30 PM EST Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Science Channels: Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Tsunami, Earthquake, Survey, Evacuation, Samoa	Education and Planning Cut Death Toll in Samoa Tsunami Community-based education and awareness programs minimized the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, according to a team of researchers that traveled to Samoa last month. Funded by a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, the team collected data to document the impacts of the earthquake and ensuing tsunami that occurred on Sept. 29. View	Released: 11/5/2009 8:35 AM EST Georgia Institute of Technology, Research Communications
Science Channels: Environment, Infectious Diseases, Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Cholera, Bangladesh, Climate, Bay of Bengal, Epidemic Forecasting, Bengal Delta, Outbreaks, Floods	New Insight into Predicting Cholera in the Bengal Delta In Bangladesh cholera epidemics occur twice a year. Scientists have tried, without success, to determine the causes – and advance early detection and prevention efforts. Researchers from Tufts University have proposed a link between cholera and fluctuating water levels in the region's three principal rivers – the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna. View	Released: 11/4/2009 10:25 AM EST Tufts University
Science Channels: Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Tsunami, Earthquake, Erosion, Kuril Islands, Crescent City, Pacific, Russia	Fortuitous Research Provides First Detailed Documentation of Tsunami Erosion For the first time, a group of scientists working in the Kuril Islands off the east coast of Russia has documented the scope of tsunami-caused erosion and found that a wave can carry away far more sand and dirt than it deposits. View	Released: 10/27/2009 8:30 PM EDT University of Washington
Science Channels: Floods/Tsunami, Earthquakes Keywords: Tsunami, Caesarea, Waves, Geoarchaeology, Mediterranean, Carbon 14, Santorini, Volcano, Earthquake	Tsunami Waves Reasonably Likely to Strike Israel New geo-archaeological research at the University of Haifa concludes that tsunami waves are reasonably likely to strike Israel. The study, carried out by Dr. Beverly N. Goodman, exposes evidence of four tsunami events on the coast of Caesarea. View	Released: 10/25/2009 6:00 PM EDT University of Haifa
Science Channels: Earthquakes, Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Earthquake, Samoa, Tsunami, Disaster, Engineering	Civil Engineers Travel to Samoa to Study Effects of Earthquake and Tsunami American Society of Civil Engineers sends post-disaster assessment team to review coast and lifeline system performance. View	Released: 10/23/2009 3:00 PM EDT American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
Science Channels: Story Ideas: Science, Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Tsumani, Emergency Response, Natural Hazards, Risk Management, Geoscience	Tsunami Evacuation Buildings: Another Way to Save Lives in the Pacific Northwest “Geology of the Pacific NW makes an earthquake-triggered tsunami inevitable and imminent in geologic time,” says Yumei Wang, geotechnical engineer at the Oregon Dept. of Geology and Mineral Industries, “yet coastal towns in the northwest are woefully unprepared for such a large-scale natural disaster.” View	Released: 10/19/2009 11:00 AM EDT Geological Society of America (GSA)
Science Channels: Hurricanes, Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Tsunami	Cornell Tsunami Expert: Philip Liu Philip Liu, Cornell professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, is an expert on tsunamis, ocean waves and their impact on coastlines. He led the NSF-sponsored group of U.S. scientists who investigated the aftermath of the December 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. View	Released: 9/29/2009 4:35 PM EDT Expert Available Cornell University
Life Channels: Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Findlay, Ohio, Flood, Community Foundation, Hancock County	Flood Survivors Share Lessons Learned to Help Other Communities Individuals and businesses who experienced the flood of 2007 in Findlay, Ohio, are sharing many lessons learned from the experience to help other communities who will face flooding in the future. View	Released: 8/11/2009 10:30 AM EDT University of Findlay, The
Life Channels: Floods/Tsunami Keywords: Flood, Mississippi River, Environmental Disaster, Disaster Recovery, Sandbag, Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Congress, Homeland Security, Safety And Ecology Corporation, Levees, Katrina, Myanmar	Former Congressman and Disaster Recovery Experts Available to Discuss Mississippi River Flood Recovery Following on the heels of environmental tragedies in China and Myanmar, the past week has brought dramatic coverage of the rising banks of the Mississippi river, and the frantic efforts of residents and volunteers to protect their homes and towns from flooding. With the country anxiously waiting to see whether sandbag barricades will hold the flooding at bay, former congressman and environmental disaster recovery experts C. Thomas McMillen and Christopher P. Leichtweis are available to speak on preventative efforts and the best course of action in the weeks ahead. View	Released: 6/30/2008 12:00 AM EDT Expert Available Homeland Security Capital Corporation

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