USGS: Warnings Could Have Saved Thousands in Asia
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A warning center such as those used  along the Pacific Rim could have saved most of the thousands of  people who died in Asia's earthquake and tsunami, a U.S.  Geological Survey official said on Sunday.
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Thousands of lives could have been spared if warnings had alerted civilians to head inland after a huge undersea earthquake in Indonesia, Asian officials said Monday.
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Tsunami scientists and public safety officials are closely watching an earthquake-prone nation with thousands of miles of crowded coastlines for signs of an imminent disaster. Indonesia? Japan? Try the United States.
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More than 1,000 people may have died in mudslides caused by a typhoon in the Philippines, officials warn.
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Faulty equipment, poor communications and cumbersome bureaucracy are being blamed for the failure of nations around the Indian Ocean's rim to warn communities about to be hit by one of the world's most devastating natural disasters.
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SINGAPORE : The tsunamis that destroyed homes and beaches around Asia also wrecked countless holidays and disrupted travel plans. And for those caught in the thick of the action, it would be one trip they are not likely to forget.
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The earthquake and tidal wave that raced across southeast Asia to east Africa and killed thousands of people may be the costliest disaster in history, reaching billions of dollars, the U.N. emergency relief coordinator said Monday.
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The tsunami which killed hundreds of people in southern Thailand may also have killed the coral reefs which attract large numbers of foreign tourists, a Thai marine scientist was quoted on Tuesday as saying.
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COLOMBO, Sep 19 (IPS) - A tsunami alert, last week, sent thousands of Sri  Lankans living along the coasts of this island nation fleeing  inland, but authorities were exultant that the early warning  systems installed after the disastrous Dec. 26, 2004 Indian Ocean  tsunami were working.
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IT COULD HAPPEN HERE: Tsunami scientists and public safety officials say the West Coast could experience a calamity similar to the one in southern Asia.
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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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An earthquake that unleashed deadly tidal waves on Asia was so powerful it made the Earth wobble on its axis and permanently altered the regional map, US geophysicists said.
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A TSUNAMI warning that could have saved thousands of lives was issued but not acted upon more than an hour before giant waves hit Sri Lanka and southern India.
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KOBE, Japan  - As the Asian tsunami focuses world  attention on natural disasters, experts on Wednesday called for  a global early warning system for all such catastrophes as soon  as possible.
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Tsunami-like waves created by an earthquake may have triggered the world's largest known hydrothermal explosion some 13,000 years ago, a federal scientist says.
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WASHINGTON -- The United States dispatched disaster specialists and pledged an initial $15 million Monday to Asian countries struck by a massive earthquake and tsunamis.
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More than 12,000 people are known to have died after a massive underwater earthquake sent giant waves crashing into coastlines across southern Asia.