U.S.: Lack of Info Stymied Tsunami Alert
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The U.S. weather agency didn't have the phone numbers nor staff to alert all Indian Ocean coastal countries when it saw the first signs that tsunamis could be heading their way, its top official said Thursday. He cautioned that the Caribbean and Atlantic also lack an early-warning system.
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The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.
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The United States will expand its  tsunami warning system in the Pacific Ocean and go beyond to  include the Atlantic, the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, the  White House said on Friday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Angry residents in Indonesia's Aceh have disabled a tsunami warning system after a false alarm spread panic in a province still traumatized by the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an official said on Thursday.
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About 2,600 Americans are still  unaccounted for after last week's Asian tsunami but the list of  missing is dwindling fast as more people are found safe, a  senior State Department official said on Thursday.
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Indonesia issued a tsunami warning on Tuesday after a strong earthquake struck off the Moluccas islands in the country's east, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.
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Giant tsunamis are more likely to hit the U.S. Pacific coast than to hit Asia, scientists say. Coastal residents may have only 15 minutes' warning.
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The Bush administration unveiled a &#36;37.5 million plan Friday to erect a tsunami warning system designed to protect both the Pacific and Atlantic coasts by mid-2007.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell tried to allay fears that thousands of Americans may have lost their lives in the Asian tsunami, saying he did not believe "the numbers will be anything like what some of our fellow nations have suffered over the last week."
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India's Tamil Nadu state, which bore the brunt of the Indian Ocean tsunami, issues a new tsunami alert.
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JAKARTA, Indonesia -- With health officials warning that the death toll of more than 150,000 from last month's tsunami could jump sharply without a continual supply of aid, world leaders struggled yesterday to figure out the best way to help victims -- and to prevent such a catastrophe from happening again.
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The Indian government triggered panic and confusion on Thursday when it warned that a second tsunami could strike the country&#39;s south-eastern coastline - only to rescind its formal alert several hours later.
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The catastrophic death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced had India and Sri Lanka been part of an international warning system designed to warn coastal
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For two and a half hours the tsunami sped toward the Indian coast, yet nobody was warned.
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A Thai expert said on Monday he tried to warn the government a deadly tsunami might be sweeping toward tourist-packed beaches, but couldn't find anyone to take his calls.
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The Indonesian meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a quake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck offshore East Timor, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
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NEW DELHI: Confusion prevailed over todayâs fresh tsunami warning by the home ministry with the science and technology ministry distancing itself from it, saying there was no official alert.