A quarter after 10 a.m. last Thursday, sirens rang out across the territory, signaling residents to get to higher ground for a tsunami drill. All told, 6,854 people in the …
March 27, 2025
March 29, 2024
Tsunami drill sends Virgin Islands to higher ground
More than 4,000 people across the Virgin Islands took part in this year’s Caribe Wave tsunami drill, with residents walking up the nearest hill to avoid the simulated natural hazard, …
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March 21, 2024
Tsunami, quake drill set for today
Alarms will sound around 10 a.m. today, signalling residents to hurry uphill during the annual Caribe Wave regional earthquake and tsunami exercise. The Department of Disaster Management, which will use …
March 31, 2023
3,000 take part in tsunami drill
Shortly after 10 a.m. last Thursday morning, sirens blared across the Virgin Islands and police officers took to the streets of Road Town to urge residents to climb to higher …
March 9, 2022
EDITORIAL: Prepare for quakes, tsunamis
With a Caribe Wave drill slated for tomorrow, the entire community should recommit to preparing for earthquakes and tsunamis. In recent decades, the Virgin Islands has been spared these disasters, …
March 18, 2021
Virgin Islands takes part in tsunami drill
Virgin Islands residents were among nearly 400,000 people across the Caribbean and Latin America who took part in the annual Caribe Wave tsunami preparedness drill last Thursday. Schools, businesses, families …
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