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April 11, 2012. Sri Lanka disconnects power supply, railway services after tsunami warning

SOURCE: Altegrity Risk International

Sri Lanka disconnected power supply and suspended railway services to coastal areas after issuing a tsunami warning following a massive 8.6 magnitude earthquake off the west coast of Indonesia's northern Sumatra on April 11th. The state Ceylon Electricity Board disconnected electricity to all coastal areas to prevent fire and other disasters following the tsunami warning. Railway services to coastal areas was also stopped. Several areas in the capital as well as the rest of the country felt tremors but no damage of property and casualties have been reported yet, police said. Officials of the Disaster Management Center issued a precautionary tsunami warning asking people in the southern, eastern, and Colombo regions of the country to move inland.