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 …
January 1, 2023
New emergency app to launch in 2023
As part of efforts to protect the public from hurricanes and other disasters, the Department of Disaster Management is developing an enhanced emergency alerting app that is scheduled to launch …
