Nine tsunami warning stations across Alaska are scheduled to shut down in mid-November following a $300,000 funding cut from NOAA, raising concerns about the state’s readiness for natural disasters.

These stations, located in the Aleutian Islands and other critical areas, are part of Alaska’s early-warning system for tsunamis. Without them, experts warn that alerts could be slower and less accurate, putting coastal communities at greater risk.

Austin Holland of the Alaska Earthquake Center says, “For Alaska, we get very little warning time for large earthquake tsunamis in the state. The lack of stations in those critical areas means that tsunami warnings could be issued slower and potentially be less accurate to begin with.”

Alaska’s tsunami program dates back to 1946, after a massive e

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