- 24 nations (including India) have participated in the two day exercise Exercise Indian Ocean Wave 2018 (IOWave18) which would involve evacuation of thousands of people from coastal areas in over half-a-dozen states.
- The tsunami drill would involve the evacuation of more than 1,25,000 people from the coastal communities of Odisha, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Gujarat and Goa.
- IOWave18, is being organised by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO.
Points to remember:
- Name of the event.
- Organised by?
- How many countries participated?