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Why not to wait even a few minutes before fleeing a tsunami

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Simulation shows that hesitating can be the difference between making it to safety and not.

Junior high school students in patterned uniforms simulate an evacuation drill down a stairway, holding bags over their heads.

Students participate in a tsunami drill in Banda Aceh, Indonesia. Credit: Chaideer Mahyuddin/AFP/Getty

A tool for modelling tsunami evacuation shows how much every minute matters for saving lives during a natural disaster1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-026-03539-5

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