Sri Lanka commemorates 12th anniversary of tsunami disaster

26 Dec, 2016

Sri Lanka today will commemorated the 12th anniversary of the devastating 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami which killed over 35,000 people.

This year’s commemoration of the tsunami, which struck 13 out of 14 coastal districts in the island, was held at district level, state media quoted an official as saying.

Deputy Director of the Disaster Management Centre, Pradeep Kodippili said religious events were held islandwide including in the coastal areas to commemorate the tsunami disaster.

Following the 2004 tsunami, Sri Lanka has set up a mechanism to record the effect of a tsunami within five minutes of its occurrence and the Disaster Management Ministry has established systematic procedures to evacuate the people to safety from danger within one hour. (Colombo Gazette)

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