05 Sep 2018 | 09:50 AM UTC
Sri Lanka: Tsunami evacuation drill on Sept. 5
Evacuation drills held in coastal districts
Event
On September 5, Sri Lanka - a South Asian island country where 30,000 people lost their life during the December 2004 dramatic tsunami - held evacuation drills in three coastal districts, with the objective to complete the evacuation of the coastal areas within 10 minutes of sounding the alarm. People moved to designated higher ground, guided by disaster management officials. Today's exercise coincided with an anti-government rally held in capital city Colombo.
Context
In December 2004 a tsunami triggered by a magnitude 9.3 earthquake off the Indonesian coast of Sumatra killed 220,000 people in countries around the Indian Ocean. In 2016, over 60,000 people across the region participated to the community evacuation drills.
Advice
Individuals in affected areas are advised not to be unduly alarmed by the drill and to follow any instructions issued by local authorities.
Copyright and Disclaimer
GardaWorld is the owner or licensee of all intellectual property rights in the material presented on this website. All such rights are reserved.
The use of this website and its material is subject to the Terms of Use and accordingly you must not use any content from this website for commercial or other analogous purposes without our consent,
including but not limited to any deep-linking or framing in order to copy, distribute, display or monitor any portion of the website.
If you have any questions or are interested in distributing any content from this website, Contact us for more details.
Related news
