Summary

This task team was established by ICG/IOTWMS XII and will need to provide important recommendations to ICG/IOTWMS XIII in November according to its Terms of Reference:

1. Assist Member States threatened by near-field tsunami threat to adapt and integrate their national warning chains and SOPs, particularly in relation to community preparedness for self-evacuation.

2. Guide the implementation of Indian Ocean Tsunami Ready Recognition Programme in the IOTWMS Member States with a near-field tsunami threat.

Importantly, the near-field tsunami threat includes tsunamis generated by seismic, non-seismic and complex sources. The recent Tonga volcanic eruption and tsunami has highlighted the threat of tsunamis also generated by non-seismic and complex sources.