Numerous severe thunderstorms with a potential for 60-80 mph winds, along with tornadoes (some strong), and large to very large hail are expected across the northern and central Plains through tonight. Heavy to excessive rainfall may bring a flooding threat to parts of North Dakota and Minnesota, and from the Ohio Valley to the Southeast through tonight. 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 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.
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