Aitape story : the great New Guinea tsunami of 1998

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Label

Aitape story : the great New Guinea tsunami of 1998

Title remainder

the great New Guinea tsunami of 1998

Statement of responsibility

Hugh Davies

Creator

• Davies, H. L

Author

• Davies, H. L

Subject

• Disaster relief -- Papua New Guinea | Aitape Region
• Emergency management -- Papua New Guinea | Aitape Region
• Aitape Tsunami, 1998
• Tsunamis -- Papua New Guinea | Aitape Region
• Natural disasters -- Papua New Guinea | Aitape Region
• trueAustralian

Language

eng

Summary

"A comprehensive and gripping account of the disaster that devastated New Guinea in 1998, destroying towns and villages, and taking a shocking death toll. Professor Hugh Davies was there, and in this book he explains in harrowing detail the events of the earthquake and tsunami, and the recovery effort that followed. It also describes the history and geology of the area for layperson and scientist alike. Many lessons learned in the aftermath helped inform the response to earthquakes and tsunamis that followed, such as the Boxing Day tsunami and the Fukushima tsunami."--National Library Bookshop website

Biography type

contains biographical information

Cataloging source

ANL

Dewey number

995.3

Illustrations

• illustrations
• maps
• portraits

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography