Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) based Early Warning System (EWS)

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The communities targeted under the present action are located in low lying coastal areas, and are therefore particularly vulnerable to rapidly forming events generating flood both from rainfall and from coastal hazards such as storm surges. Tsunamis are also a threat which tends to be overlooked. The Caribbean is a region prone to earthquakes, and other phenomenon such as submarine landslides and underwater volcanoes (Kick'em Jenny offshore of Grenada and the Grenadines) are potentially tsunamigenic.  In addition to a particular exposure, these communities have comparatively higher vulnerabilities caused by their lack of preparedness. Economic risks are also important since assets are concentrated in low-lying areas subject to flooding and coastal hazards.  It is therefore up to community stakeholders to take an active role in enhancing their state of readiness, on a long term basis, as well as during disasters lead-time.

This Community Alert Project, financed by the European Commission Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection Department will be implemented in six pilot communities within three countries (Grenada, Dominica, St. Vincent and the Grenadines) to enhance community resilience and demonstrate a coherent approach to emergency alerting.