San Mateo County has launched its new Tsunami Hazard Area Dashboard as part of a broader effort to better prepare for future tsunamis following last December’s chaotic response to a regional tsunami warning.

As part of California’s Tsunami Preparedness Week, the county’s Department of Emergency Management unveiled an online tool that allows residents to look at geographic areas designated as tsunami hazard zones before a tsunami happens. 

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Alise is a general assignment reporter with a focus on covering government, elections, housing, crime, courts and entertainment in San Francisco and on the Peninsula. Alise is a Bay Area native from San Carlos. She studied history at University of California, Santa Cruz and first started journalism at Skyline College’s school newspaper in San Bruno. She has interned for Bay City News and for Eesti Rahvusringhääling, or Estonian Public Broadcasting. She has covered everything from the removal of former San Mateo County Sheriff Christina Corpus to the divisive battle over the Great Highway on San Francisco’s west side. Please send her any tips.