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Wind and Rain in the Northeast; Atmospheric River to Impact the West

A cold front will cross the Great Lakes and Northeast U.S. through today with gusty winds and areas of rain showers. A strong atmospheric river is then expected to move into the Northwest by midweek bringing a threat for moderate to heavy rainfall and flooding, gusty winds, and mountain snows for parts of Washington, Oregon, northern California, and the Sierra Nevada. Read More >

Contact Information:
International Tsunami Information Center (ITIC)
NOAA Inouye Regional Center
1845 Wasp Boulevard, Building 176
Honolulu, HI USA

E-mail: itic.tsunami@noaa.gov
Tel: +1 808 725 6050
Fax: +1 808 725 6055

 

The ITIC maintains an office in Mayaquez, Puerto Rico.  The ITIC Caribbean office (ITIC-CAR) support tsunami warning and mitigation activities in the Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands, and Caribbean, working with the Caribbean Tsunami Information Center.

 

ITIC Staff  

 

ITIC consists of the ITIC Director, Deputy Director, Staff Scientist, Technical Information Specialist for Tsunamis, Information Technology Specialist, and Administrative Assistant, who are provided by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service (NOAA NWS).  The ITIC is supported additionally by project contractors, and has hosted international interns.  Recent interns have been IOC Ocean Traineeships and from the University of Tokyo Ocean Alliance Program.

The ITIC Associate Director, which should be a non-US person, has been provided since 1998 by the Servicio Hidrográfico y Oeanográfico de la Armada (SHOA) de Chile.  The ITIC Associate Director is Head of SHOA's Oceanography Department, who is in charge of Chile's National Tsunami Warning Center.