VITEMA will be conducting its annual Caribe Wave Tsunami Warning Exercise on March 16 at 11 a.m. This will include the monthly testing of the territory’s tsunami warning system in the form of a 60-second tone. The tone is scheduled to sound on St Croix at 11 a.m., and in the St. Thomas/St. John/Water Island district at 11:15 a.m.
Residents and visitors to the territory will be alerted of the test using two warning systems. Subscribers to the AlertVI system will be notified of the event via email, text and/or phone, depending on the preferred method they have selected.
VITEMA will also be synchronizing its monthly testing of the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS) which will consist of a series of tones and a standardized message via cellular phone stating this is a TEST only.
