Caribbean

Welcome to the TsunamiZone in the Caribbean!

Caribbean participants
and counting!

Everyone should know how to prepare for a tsunami and what to do to be safe. Knowing this is very important, especially for those who live or work near the ocean, and also for anyone visiting the coast. Are you in the zone?

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Register to be part of the group of people and organizations around the world doing tsunami preparedness activities!

UNESCO CARIBE EWS Member States and Territories

Antigua and Barbuda*
Bahamas
Barbados
Belize
Brazil**
Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominica
Dominican Republic
France (Guadeloupe, Guyane, Martinique, Saint Martin, St. Barthelemy)
Grenada
Guatemala
Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Netherlands (Aruba***, Bonaire, Curaçao***, Saba, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten***)
Nicaragua
Panama
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Suriname
Trinidad and Tobago
United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (Anguilla***, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands***, Cayman Islands***, Montserrat***, Turks and Caicos)
United States (Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands)
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

*not an IOC Member State

**Designations of Tsunami National Contacts and Tsunami Warning Focal Points pending

***UNESCO Associate Member States participating at IOC CARIBE EWS

Observer Member States of UNESCO CARIBE EWS

Canada Peru
CARIBE WAVE

This year TsunamiZone has joined forces with the Caribbean drill CARIBE WAVE to offer the opportunity for Spanish-speaking people to prepare for tsunamis.

Visit the CARIBE WAVE website to learn more about how you can better prepare to survive and recover from a tsunami in your region. You will also find participant manuals that contain useful information about the two scenarios proposed to participants.

participants registered

Participate and Share

How to Participate
Information for individuals, schools and many types of organizations

 

Tsunami Week Resources
Manuals, posters, & much more

 

Who is Participating?
Lists by county, area, & category

Share Your Activities
Your photos, videos, and stories of tsunami preparedness week

Caribbean Resources

Overview of CARIBE WAVE 2024 Exercises
links for KMZ files, handbooks, webinar presentations, and more

Tsunami Exercise Manuals from the NTWC
Includes CARIBE WAVE, LANTEX, PACIFEX exercises for 2024, as well as past exercises

Plan & Prepare: Tsunamis
From Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency (VITEMA)