800 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material https://reliefweb.int/report/world/115000-people-evacuate-indian-ocean-wide-tsunami-exerciseA record 115,000 people in the Indian Ocean region evacuated during the tsunami exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18) conducted on 4-5 September 2018. The exercise was coordinated by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) as part of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigations System (IOTWMS).Tue, 18 Sep 2018 11:21:00 +0200reliefWeb-6e09736f2f97615f04a19aeacf3b1af520180918112100http://www.unesco.org/new/en/media-services/single-view/news/115000_people_evacuate_in_the_indian_ocean_wide_tsunami_exe/A record 115,000 people in the Indian Ocean region evacuated during the tsunami exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18) conducted on 4-5 September 2018. The exercise was coordinated by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) as part of the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigations System (IOTWMS).Tue, 18 Sep 2018 04:33:00 +0200unesco-a57bcf6a984cbb6fc9c1791510c2925c20180918043300http://www.govmu.org/English/News/Pages/Mauritius-Participates-in-Mock-Tsunami-Exercise.aspxSimulated tsunami waves were generated by an earthquake of magnitude 9.0 on the Richter scale on the Makran Trench off the southern coast of Iran which were expected to spread through the whole of the Indian Ocean. As at 12 30 hrs, some 2 170 persons had already been evacuated around Mauritius for the purpose of the mock exercise.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 08:17:00 +0200govmu-91d4ca606921999059461cdd3415f26620180905081700https://en.unesco.org/news/indian-ocean-countries-test-tsunami-warning-and-evacuation-procedures-ocean-wide-tsunamibordering the Indian Ocean will engage in Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18), a large-scale tsunami exercise based on two scenarios that will be enacted on the 4 th and 5 th September respectively. The scenario to be tested on 4 September will simulate a magnitude 9.0 earthquake off the southern coast of Islamic Republic of Iran.Wed, 05 Sep 2018 05:00:00 +0200unesco-b16bc92f3f5a83a3eb3b3590c091cf4f20180905050000