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Viet Nam: Joint operation of natural disaster early warning system tested

Source(s): Viet Nam News, Vietnam News Agency
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A video conference was held on December 26 to test how relevant governmental agencies coordinate to operate the country’s natural disaster early warning system in response to a tsunami.

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The exercise was based on a scenario in which Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre and the Northwest Pacific Tsunami Advisory Centre issue warnings of tsunami waves of 1.5 – 7 metre high for the East Sea areas, including the coast of Vietnam, at 8:45am on December 26.

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Upon receiving the warnings, the Institute of Geophysics sends three reports on the tsunami to on-duty officials via text messages and provides direct broadcast of tsunami information via the multipurpose natural disaster early warning system installed at 30 stations along Da Nang’s coast to request immediate evacuation.

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