Sirens and ringing phones keep some US cities tsunami ready
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From Kodiak, Alaska, to Crescent City, Calif., 11 coastal cities take precautions that southern Asia may now emulate.
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Thousands of Americans were caught in the Asian tsunami devastation, and many have been recounting their ordeals in interviews and in e-mails home this week. Fourteen Americans died in the disaster, and the number is sure to rise as authorities get a clearer picture of the devastation.
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Congress will consider a &#36;30 million network of buoys, wave gauges and seismic sensors to warn of tsunamis globally, a plan that would build on U.S. and international efforts to avert another catastrophe.
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The United States upped its tsunami relief aid tenfold Friday as the world's ships and planes converged on devastated shores. Bottlenecks of supplies built up, fears of epidemics grew, and in an echo of 9/11's aftermath, people at a Thai resort scoured a bulletin board of 4,000 photos in search of the dead and missing.
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A tsunami warning was issued for a group of islands south of Tokyo on Wednesday after a strong earthquake off Japan's eastern coast, and authorities urged local residents to evacuate to higher ground.
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TECHNOLOGY:A regional system offering more timely and accurate warnings about quakes and tsunamis could have saved many lives, experts say.
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BOISE -- In Idaho, the phones at the Red Cross continue to ring as people look for ways to help those touched by tsunami disaster in Asia.
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WASHINGTON - The US government is offering to help Asian nations struck by a massive earthquake and devastating tsunamis. At least three Americans were among the more than 13,000 people killed.
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Tidal waves, or tsunami, often set off by undersea earthquakes, have caused several major disasters in coastal communities over the years.
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A tsunami warning was issued for a group  of islands south of Tokyo on Wednesday after a strong  earthquake off Japan's eastern coast, and authorities urged  local residents to evacuate to higher ground.
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By Minderjeet Kaur; Heidi Foo; Regina Lee; R. Shakuntala; Adeline Lau;  KUALA LUMPUR: When the warning siren went off on Sunday night, the hearts of residents in Kampung Periuk here sank.  But there was no time to waste.
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As the death toll continues to climb after Sunday&#39;s epic tsunami in the Indian Ocean, worldwide relief efforts are mobilizing, including some in central Maine.
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The tsunami that struck over the weekend spread a ring of destruction through nearly a dozen countries. Those are the places most directly affected, and on a calamitous scale.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. aid helicopters  stepped up missions on Tuesday to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh  province, expanding help to millions affected by the giant wave  that killed 175,000 around the Indian Ocean.
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WASHINGTON/JAKARTA  - U.S. presidents past and  present appealed to all Americans Monday to aid victims of the  Asian tsunami, as rescuers struggled to get food and water to  those clinging to life on shattered coastlines.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami has pushed disaster early warning to the top of the agenda at a meeting of the world's small islands, potentially crowding out concerns about climate change and trade, some delegates say.
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U.S. aid helicopters stepped up missions on Tuesday to Indonesia's tsunami-hit Aceh province, expanding help to millions affected by the giant wave that killed 175,000 around the Indian Ocean.