Events
Tsunami Simulation Exercise
A tsunami simulation exercise was conducted in Hambantota and Batticaloa on
October 14 at 6.30 in the morning in order to provide an opportunity to Indian Ocean
countries to exercise their operational lines of communications, review their tsunami
warnings and emergency response procedures, and to promote emergency
preparedness.
This exercise was organized by the Intergovernmental Coordination Group of Indian
Ocean Tsunami Warning System (ICG/IOTWS). This exercise was conducted in 15
countries in the Indian Ocean on the same day, to coincide with World Disaster
Reduction Day.
In this event, the Department of Meteorology as the National Meteorological and
Tsunami Early Warning Centre was issued the ‘Tsunami Watch' and ‘Tsunami
Warnings' only to the Disaster Management Centre according to this exercise. The
Disaster Management Centre was disseminated these messages to the selected
communities through their early warning dissemination system.
The main purpose of Exercise tsunami incident 2009 was to test national standard
operating procedures and the operational lines of communication between the
National Tsunami Warning Centre and Japan Metrological Agency (JMA) and Pacific
Tsunami Warning Centre in Hawaii, USA and improve coordination throughout the
region.
