Vila Real de Santo António, Castro Marim, Tavira, Olhão, Faro, Loulé, Albufeira, Silves, Lagoa, Portimão, Lagos, Vila do Bispo and Aljezur will participate this Friday, November 3, until 19:00, in an exercise in which the alertness and degree of readiness in the reaction in case of tsunami.
This “NEAMWAVE'17” exercise is a “communications exercise during which the various national and international players will exchange technical and operational notifications related to the eventuality of an earthquake responsible for the generation of a Tsunami with an impact on the coast. Portuguese”, explains the Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA).
In the edition of “NEAMWAVE'17” all coastal councils between Vila Real de Santo António and Lourinhã participate, in other words, the municipalities in the districts of Faro, Beja, Setúbal and Lisbon whose riverfronts are susceptible to being affected by a tsunami.
The exercise involves the various levels of the structure of the national Civil Protection system, namely the National Civil Protection Authority (ANPC), through the National Relief Operations Command and the district relief operations commands of the aforementioned districts, and the municipal services of Civil Protection of the autarchies.
IPMA intervenes in the exercise as responsible for the detection and dissemination of the tsunami alert to ANPC, Directorate General of the Maritime Authority (DGAM) and to the Navy's Maritime Search and Rescue Service (MRCC), as well as to the emergency management entities of several countries in the North East Atlantic, namely Morocco, Spain, England, Denmark and Ireland.
NEAMTWS is the designation of the alert and warning system for the North East Atlantic, Mediterranean and Related Seas region (Tsunami Early Warning and Mitigation System for the North-Eastern-Atlantic, Mediterranean and Connected Seas) coordinated by the UNESCO Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission after the Indian Ocean tsunami of 26 December 2004.
The “NEAMTWS” alert and warning system focuses its action on three main areas: tsunami risk assessment, population preparedness and awareness, and implementation of warning and warning systems in the event of an emergency.
Currently, four service providers (based in France, Greece, Italy and Turkey) are operational in this region of the world, which alert the authorities of the NEAM member states in the event of an eventuality or occurrence of a tsunami, and the IPMA is expected to enter soon in operational phase, integrating the network of service providers in the Northeast Atlantic region.
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