Goa Tsunami

A siren giving a warning about tsunami erroneously started playing from the Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim near here, triggering panic among the local residents, an official said on Thursday.

Fearing a tsunami, the Goa government ordered tourists off the beaches here after a massive earthquake rocked Indonesia. Speaking to reporters at the secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that vehicles carrying public address systems would ask tourist to stay off beaches and veer inland for safety in case of a tsunami resu...

A siren giving a warning about tsunami erroneously started playing from the Early Warning Dissemination System at Porvorim near here, triggering panic among the local residents, an official said on Thursday.

Fearing a tsunami, the Goa government ordered tourists off the beaches here after a massive earthquake rocked Indonesia. Speaking to reporters at the secretariat on Wednesday, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said that vehicles carrying public address systems would ask tourist to stay off beaches and veer inland for safety in case of a tsunami resu...