UNESCO Donates Tsunami Warning Sirens to Morocco’s Coastal City El Jadida

"The two devices arrived a few days ago at Mohammed V Airport in Casablanca, and are awaiting the completion of customs administrative procedures to be shipped to the city of El Jadida, where they will be installed at two predetermined locations" in Doukkala, sources at Hespress report, stating that this equipment is a "donation from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)".

"These devices, manufactured in Germany, are specially designed to warn and alert of a tsunami-related danger. They are generally installed at the top of tall structures and buildings in order to allow optimal dissemination of the alert and ensure great effectiveness," it is reported, stressing that these two sirens "will work in complementarity with the seismic alert systems located at the sea level and the other alert devices present at the port of Jorf Lasfar".

The two sirens are sufficient to strengthen the fight against the tsunami risk in the city of El Jadida, the same sources indicate, noting that the commissioning of this equipment is the last step before the declaration of El Jadida as a city ready to face the tsunami risk, as part of the "Tsunami Ready" program, which also benefits the Egyptian city of Alexandria.