Tsunami threat leads to precautions for Asian/Pacific Mormons

As a tsunami bore down on Asia Sunday, Mormon priesthood leaders took action to

protect missionaries and members.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center removed warnings for all areas except

Japan and Russia by Sunday morning Asia time.

Elder Gary E. Stevenson of the Seventy, and president of the Asia North

Area, said the Micronesia Guam Mission was the first to be affected by the

tsunami warning. In an e-mail to the LDS Church News, he said the mission

reported that unit leaders, assisted by missionaries, saw to it that

members and missionaries were moved to higher elevation areas on the

Micronesia Islands of Kosrae, Chuuk, Yap and Pohnpei until the tsunami

warning expired.

Elder Stevenson said members and missionaries were also warned in Guam

and Saipan. He reported that there are no church-owned buildings or

missionary apartments in Guam that are located in “high warning” areas. 

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