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Hawaii receives tsunami preparedness funding

Tuesday, August 25, 2015, 12:30 a.m.

On Thursday, U.S. Senator Brian Schatz announced that Hawaii will receive $495,943 from the federal government for tsunami preparedness.

Schatz, who serves on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said that the funds will be used for preparedness activities such as inundation mapping, disaster planning, and tsunami education.

The funds will be administered by the Hawaii Emergency Management Agency.

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