According to the Director of Disaster Management in Port Blair,
there is a tsunami alert in affect for coastal India including
Chennai and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. SEA LEVEL READINGS
CONFIRM THAT A TSUNAMI HAS BEEN GENERATED WHICH COULD CAUSE
WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. A TSUNAMI IS A SERIES OF WAVES AND THE FIRST
WAVE MAY NOT BE THE LARGEST. TSUNAMI WAVE HEIGHTS CANNOT BE
PREDICTED AND CAN VARYSIGNIFICANTLY ALONG A COAST DUE TO LOCAL
EFFECTS. THE TIME FROM ONE TSUNAMI WAVE TO THE NEXT CAN BE FIVE
MINUTES TO AN HOUR, ANDTHE THREAT CAN CONTINUE FOR MANY HOURS AS
MULTIPLE WAVES ARRIVE. DANGER TO BOATS AND COASTAL STRUCTURES
CAN CONTINUE FOR SEVERAL HOURS DUE TO RAPID CURRENTS. AS LOCAL
CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE A WIDE VARIATION IN TSUNAMI WAVE ACTION THE
ALL CLEAR DETERMINATION MUST BE MADE BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES.
ESTIMATED INITIAL TSUNAMI WAVE ARRIVAL TIMES AT FORECAST POINTS
WITHIN THE WARNING AND WATCH AREAS ARE GIVEN BELOW. ACTUAL
ARRIVAL TIMES MAY DIFFER AND THE INITIAL WAVE MAY NOT BE THE
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