Tsunami evacuation drill held at school in Indonesia's Bali

A Japan-funded drill simulating a earthquake and subsequent tsunami was held Tuesday at an elementary school in Indonesia's resort island of Bali.The drill, involving 500 students at Public Elementary School No. 2, was the first to take place as part of an 18-month project involving 18 countries.As part of the drill, the children first hid under their desks during a mock magnitude-8 earthquake, and then evacuated to a hotel located 500 meters away.The project, organized by the U.N. Development Program, is funded by the Japanese government in partnership with Tohoku University, the Internati…READ FULL ARTICLE