Residents on the island of Amapala, yesterday began to leave their homes after a green alert was issued by the Permanent Contingency Commission, COPECO. Although the alert was called off at about seven in the evening yesterday, the coastal communities along the Gulf of Fonseca were safely alerted and encouraged to leave their homes earlier in the day. Lisandro Rosales, head of COPECO, recommended to the inhabitants of the islands and coastal populations that could be affected by the tsunami that they temporarily withdraw from the coastline…continue Amapala news article here.