Using stories from tsunami survivors may help prepare for disaster

Tsunami, written by geologist James Goff and oceanographer Walter Dudley, the book also weaves in accounts from researchers examining the geologic record to shed light on prehistoric tsunamis.

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A tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake in the Indian Ocean in 2004 sent this deadly wave crashing ashore in Ao Nang, Thailand. Eyewitness accounts of the tsunami that rippled from this quake are featured in the new book Tsunami. David Rydevik/Wikimedia Commons