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Message on World Tsunami Awareness Day 世界海啸意识日致辞 5 November 2016 2016年11月5日 Today marks the first observance of World Tsunami Awareness Day. On this day, in 1854, a Japanese village leader recognized the signs of an approaching tsunami and improvised a remarkably effective early warning system – he set fire to his rice sheaves, saving the lives of the many villagers who saw the smoke and ran uphill to help put out the flames. 今天是第一次举办世界海啸意识日纪念活动。1854年的这一天，一位日本村落首领发现了海啸将至的迹象，自发地采用了一种非常有效的预警系统——他点燃了自家米垛，许多人看到烟雾，跑上山帮助灭火而幸免于难。 Over the years, early warning systems have grown more sophisticated, particularly since the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which claimed nearly 226,000 lives. That tragedy prompted the introduction of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. 多年来，特别是自2004年印度洋海啸造成226000人丧生以来，预警系统变得越来越复杂。印度洋海啸的悲剧促使人们建立了印度洋海啸报警和减灾系统。 In September this year, the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO invited disaster management officials from 24 countries around the Indian Ocean to participate in one of the largest tsunami simulation exercises ever organized. The importance of simulation exercises and evacuation drills is underlined in a report released today by the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction. It highlights that population growth has greatly increased exposure to tsunamis and other hazards in many regions. | 
