Barbados makes significant strides in tsunami preparedness

A protocal outlining the standard operating procedures governing how an earthquake or tsunami affecting Barbados will be handled has been approved by the Emergency Management Advisory Council.

Acting director of the Coastal Zone Management Unit (CZMU), Dr Lorna Inniss, noted that Barbados had accomplished a lot since undertaking the journey towards establishing a national early warning system for earthquakes and tsunamis in 2005. She explained that those efforts received a much needed boost following the 2004 Asian tsunami...