World Tsunami Day
November-5
After the deadliest Tsunami happened in 2004 in the Indian Ocean, The United Nations General Assembly designated 5 November as World Tsunami Awareness Day from December 2015.
To increase the awareness about the Tsunami among over 700 million people live in low-lying coastal areas and Small Islands is the the motive of this day.
The highest number of deaths taken in the Indian Ocean at the time of tsunami in December 2004. It took millions of lives and affected 14 countries. An estimated 2,27,000 died in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and India alone and the hardest-hit country was Thailand.
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