Summary

"The twelfth annual Regional Tsunami Exercise, CARIBE WAVE 23, will be conducted on the 23rd of March 2023 at 1400 UTC. UNESCO/IOC Intergovernmental Coordination Group for Tsunamis and Other Coastal Hazards for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (CARIBE EWS) Member States and Territories will have two scenarios from which to choose: a tsunami generated by an earthquake in the Gulf of Honduras and a tsunami generated by a volcanic eruption of Mt Pelée, Martinique. Tsunami exercises such as CARIBE WAVE are important to validate and advance end-to-end tsunami preparedness across the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions. All 48 CARIBE EWS Member States and Territories, stakeholders, and communities at risk are encouraged to plan for and participate in the exercise."

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