Grenada receives second Tsunami Ready recognition on World Tsunami Awareness Day

On 5 November 2019, in observance of the World Tsunami Awareness Day, the parish of Carriacou and Petite Martinique, Grenada was officially recognised Tsunami Ready under the Pilot Community Performance Based Tsunami Recognition Programme. The Programme is administered by UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) through its Intergovernmental Coordinating Group for the Tsunami and Other Coastal Hazards Warning System for the Caribbean and Adjacent Regions (ICG/CARIBE-EWS).

This is the second such recognition received by Grenada following that for the parish of St. Patrick on 20 September 2018. The ICG/CARIBE EWS Tsunami Ready pilot project is modeled after the successful US Tsunami Ready program executed in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands, and an earlier joint Tsunami Ready project piloted jointly by the IOC-UNESCO and the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).  To date, over sixty communities have been recognised under these various mechanisms. Through the funding support of the European Union, USAID and self-funding by the Government of Barbados, an additional eight communities are earmarked for recognition by June 2020 and Anguilla is also advancing towards renewal of its status. Implementation support continues to be led by UNESCO/IOC-CTIC and the CTWP in conjunction with other regional partners.