Tsunami drill mistaken for the real thing


PETALING JAYA: Rumours of tsunamis and earthquakes in Penang had the Meteorological Department staff in a quandary after a routine training exercise was misrepresented on social media and went viral.

It was part of a two-day drill called the Indian Ocean Exercise Wave 2014 (IOWave14) that Malaysia took part in with 20 other countries.

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