The five TEMPP training workshops cover the following topics: •Tsunami Modeling (use of ComMIT software), July 27-31, 2015 •Tsunami Seismic Sources and Tsunami Inundation Map Development (based on prior ComMIT training), February 29 – March 3, 2016 •Tsunami Evacuation Mapping (based on inundation maps), August 15-19, 2016 •Tsunami Response Plans and Exercises, November 7-11, 2016 •Tsunami Exercise (including evacuation), expected November / December 2016 The ITIC, with NOAA’s Caribbean Tsunami Warning Program (CTWP), and the UNESCO IOC are organizing the trainings. The language of trainings will be Spanish. Course materials will be in both Spanish and English. TEMPP emphasizes a team approach for building country tsunami preparedness. Each TEMPP training builds from the previous training, and it is assumed that once trained, participants will share the information learned on return to their country. A TEMPP country team should be comprised of, at a minimum, all participants to the TEMPP trainings. It should include scientists (responsible for tsunami hazard risk assessment and tsunami inundation modeling), GIS experts (responsible for making maps), emergency managers (responsible for tsunami public safety and preparedness), and tsunami warning center staff (responsible for issuing warnings for during events). EXPERTS MEETING ON EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI HAZARD IN HONDURAS: HISTORICAL EVENTS AND POTENTIAL SOURCES, 29 FEBRUARY – 1 MARCH 2016 Tsunamis can affect Honduras coastlines facing the Pacific Ocean and the Gulf of Honduras and Caribbean Sea. Relatively few tsunami runups have been reported for Honduras over history, thus necessitating the use of scenario events for hazard assessment. The purpose of this expert scientific meeting is to quantify earthquake and tsunami sources for use in tsunami risk reduction projects in Honduras. The identified maximum credible earthquake scenarios will be used by Honduras to conduct tsunami inundation modelling for evacuation mapping of its Pacific and Caribbean coastlines. TSUNAMI INUNDATION MAP DEVELOPMENT, 2 -3 MARCH 2016 The training builds from the July 2015 Tsunami Modeling (ComMIT) training to cover basic composite inundation mapping using QGIS including creating composite inundation map, exporting inundation and maximum wave amplitudes to GIS format and QGIS validation of results.

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