Limitations Frustrate Tsunami Scientists
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For scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the world's most powerful earthquake happened below the wrong ocean.
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In the wake of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis last week, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Conrad Lautenbacher has renewed his call for a Global Ocean Observing System that could patch together many governmentsâ stovepiped sensors.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia and killed more than 23,000 will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water, diseases
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The tsunami that killed thousands around the Indian Ocean was caught by a series of radar satellites, allowing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scientists to develop measurements of the wave in mid-ocean.
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Even as relief efforts begin to provide food and clean water to millions of victims of Sunday&#39;s devastating tsunamis, relief officials are saying much more is needed to prevent an even greater loss of life.
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The magnitude of the tsunami that killed tens of thousands and remade the coasts of the Asian subcontinent was slowly gauged across the world.
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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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GALLE, Sri Lanka -- Kegalle Panangarama, a Buddhist monk and community leader, expressed frustration as he outlined the obstacles plaguing local recovery efforts in his tsunami-wrecked region.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Logistical problems hampered a massive humanitarian relief operation along Asia&#39;s devastated shores as the death toll from a huge earthquake and killer tidal waves surged past 55,000.
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Aid agencies struggled on Tuesday to  cope with the enormity of the Asian tsunami disaster which has  killed more than 28,000, with the International Red Cross  saying it may have to treble its appeal for funds.
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With estimates suggesting the death toll could surpass 100,000, the full scope of the tsunami tragedy in Southeast Asia is only now beginning to emerge.
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Tsunami warning systems in the Indian  Ocean have improved since the devastating 2004 Indonesian quake  but still have many flaws and produce false alerts or miss  potential threats, experts and officials said on Friday.
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Sediment folding may have added to the exceptionally large tsunami that struck Sumatra on Dec. 26, 2004, according to an international team of geologists.
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Anxious relatives trying to locate survivors of the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster overwhelm a Red Cross website set up to help track loved ones. Organizers are setting up a larger server.
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The northern tip of the Bay of Bengal, home to tens of millions of people, faces a potential double whammy from an earthquake and tsunami, a scientist warned on Wednesday.
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After the tsunami disaster in Asia, some scientists have claimed that an even bigger catastrophe threatens Spain's Canary Islands, where a volcanic eruption could unleash a mega-tsunami which would flatten the ...
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Rescuers in India&#39;s Andaman and Nicobar isles are struggling to assess the tsunami toll in areas untouched by the modern world.