Tsunami evacuation drill to be held in Kamala

By The Phuket News

 

A tsunami evacuation drill will be held in Kamala on Sept 9, with the warning sirens sounding the alarm at 9am. Photo: The Phuket News / file

 

PHUKET: A tsunami-evacuation drill will be held in Kamala next month, with the tsunami-warning sirens sounding the alarm at 9am on Sept 9.

 

The drill is part of a series of tsunami-evacuation exercises being held throughout all six Andaman coast provinces, explained an advisory from the headquarters of the national Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) in Bangkok.

 

The series of tsunami-evacuation drills will be conducted in Ranong, Phang Nga and Krabi, over two days, next Monday and Tuesday (Aug 24-25), and in Phuket, Trang and Satun on Sept 8-9.

 

Source: https://www.thephuketnews.com/tsunami-evacuation-drill-to-be-held-in-kamala-77061.php

 

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-08-20

 

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A total of about 12 people will run for the hills

Thought this was about USA politics. There actualy is a town called Kamala, who'd thought.