Cablegate: Sri Lanka: Sit-Rep Follow-Up On Tsunami Warning

VZCZCXRO5561
OO RUEHBI RUEHCI
DE RUEHLM #1263 2551450
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
O 121450Z SEP 07
FM AMEMBASSY COLOMBO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 6804
INFO RUEHBK/AMEMBASSY BANGKOK IMMEDIATE 3278
RUEHJA/AMEMBASSY JAKARTA IMMEDIATE 0604
RUEHNE/AMEMBASSY NEW DELHI IMMEDIATE 1361
RUEHCG/AMCONSUL CHENNAI IMMEDIATE 7992
RUEHCI/AMCONSUL KOLKATA IMMEDIATE 0360
RUEHBI/AMCONSUL MUMBAI IMMEDIATE 5633
RHHMUNA/HQ USPACOM HONOLULU HI IMMEDIATE

UNCLAS COLOMBO 001263

SIPDIS

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: CASC AEMR PREL PHUM CE
SUBJECT: SRI LANKA: SIT-REP FOLLOW-UP ON TSUNAMI WARNING

1. After a 7.9 magnitude earthquake struck the west coast of
Indonesia and the Government of Sri Lanka (GSL) issued a
tsunami warning, Embassy convened the Emergency Action

SIPDIS
Committee at 7:00 p.m. local time to discuss contingencies
and preparedness measures in the event of an tsunami.

2. At 8:29 p.m. the GSL issued a retraction of its tsunami
warning, and Embassy subsequently issued a warden message at
8:34 p.m. stating: "The Sri Lanka Meteorological Department
has officially lifted the tsunami warning for Sri Lanka."
BLAKE

© Scoop Media