Sea Grant's Contribution to Tsunami Hazard Mitigation in the Caribbean

Puerto Rico's Sea Grant Program, together with the Puerto Rico Seismic Network, has worked extensively on the local tsunami threat, leading to the establishment of the Puerto Rico Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Program, followed by the preparation of tsunami flood maps for all of Puerto Rico, the declaration of the city of Mayaguez as a Tsunami Ready city, and the inclusion of Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands in the National Tsunami Hazard Mitigation Program. Work in tsunami and other coastal natural hazard mitigation efforts (a storm surge vulnerability study for the whole island has been finished), has shown Sea Grant to be both an expert in the field and a key contributor to ongoing resiliency and resource conservation efforts. This has lead to Sea Grant's personnel participation in region-wide IOC sponsored meetings aimed at establishment of a Caribbean Early Warning System for Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards.