Education and Planning Cut Death Toll in Samoa Tsunami
Thursday, November 5, 2009 - 09:21
in Earth & Climate
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.
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