What is Tsunami protection engineering?
[[File:Dyke and forest to protect Makuhari.jpg|thumb|230px|[[Dam]] and [[tree]]s protect town from [[tsunami]].]] '''Tsunami protection engineering''' is intended to prevent or mitigate possible [[tsunami]] damage and save lives. The best method of protection seems to be the use of seawalls in front of ports and cities. Another effective method from a tsunami is proper planting trees. Some villages in [[India]], for example, had minimal casualties in the 2004 tsunami<ref>{{cite web|url=http://walrus.wr.usgs.gov/tsunami/sumatraEQ/ |title=Tsunamis and Earthquakes: Tsunami Generation from the 2004 Sumatra Earthquake&nbsp;— USGS Western Coastal and Marine Geology |publisher=Walrus.wr.usgs.gov |accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref> because they had planted trees along the [[coastline]].<ref>[http://web.mit.edu/12.000/www/m2009/teams/2/rz.htm Coastal Protection]</ref> {{commonscat|Tsunami}}Tsunami protection engineering should also foresee and prevent situations like one that happened at [[Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant]] when the main power went down, backup [[generator]]s failed and cooling water could not get to the [[nuclear fuel]]. The overheating that followed led to [[Nuclear explosion|explosions]], fires and dangerous release of [[radiation]]. ==Notes== {{reflist}} {{Tsunami}} [[Category:Tsunamis]] [[Category:Earthquake engineering]]