World Tsunami Awareness Day: November 5
- The World Tsunami Awareness Day was designated on November 5 by the UN General Assembly in December 2015.
- The day aims to spread awareness in areas such as tsunami early warning, public action and building back better after a disaster to reduce future impacts.
- It was on December 26, 2004 that a devastating Tsunami in the Indian ocean created havoc in 14 countries, killing over 230,000 people.