Archive for March 22nd, 2011

FOLLOWING the devastating tsunami that struck Japan, 33 countries are preparing to participate in the first full-scale simulated tsunami alert exercise in the Caribbean on Wednesday.
The goal is to test the Tsunami and other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions, which was established in 2005 in collaboration between regional countries and the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC).
“The earthquake and tsunami that have devastated Japan have shown how essential alert systems are,” said UNESCO Director-General ...