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Message 2a0ce0a3-45cd-4018-970e-53f75afae6ac from NODS sent at 14:30:42 on 2023-03-23
Status / Scope / Type Actual / Public / Alert
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Alert summary
EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE URGENT TSUNAMI EVACUATION WARNING. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE
Effective
14:30:42 2023-03-23
Expires
15:30:42 2023-03-23
Description
A tsunami has been generated as a result of an earthquake and a tsunami warning is in effect for Antigua and Barbuda.
All residents should move immediately to high ground and away from all shorelines and low lying areas. Help persons that need assistance to evacuate.
EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE.
Instructions
All residents should move immediately to high ground and away from all shorelines and low lying areas. Help persons that need assistance to evacuate.
If you feel a strong earthquake or hear a strange roar from the sea or see unusual wave action...or water level rising or receding you may have only minutes to evacuate. Do so now.
Go to your closest tsunami safety point, follow evacuation signs or ask locals. Take your evacuation kit and do not block roads or paths. Stay at the tsunami safe point as the tsunami may take several hours to pass. Authorities will tell you when it is safe to return to evacuated areas.
A tsunami evacuation map is attached to this message. The green areas are the safer zones and the yellow areas are the unsafe zones.
Follow instructions from authorities and listen to Radio [RADIO_STATION_NAME] and other local stations for further instructions
EXERCISE EXERCISE EXERCISE. THIS IS ONLY AN EXERCISE
Contact
NODS 462-4206
Category
Safety
Geo
Affected areas
Antigua
Barbuda
Urgency / Severity / Certainty
Expected / Extreme / Observed
Sent by
Midcie Francis
Event code(s)
SAME = CDW
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