Congress to Weigh Tsunami Warning System
523929
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.
472863
Senators from states most vulnerable to tsunami activity introduced legislation Monday to upgrade and modernize the nation's tsunami warning system.
24612
Members of Congress are pushing for quick action on aid to survivors of the Asian tsunami, but the Bush administration has plenty of money already to launch its relief operations in the Indian Ocean basin, congressional officials said Wednesday.
344873
Nations turn their attention to installing tsunami early warning systems, but do they really work?
670942
Caribbean and Atlantic coastlines &#151; not just the Indian Ocean's tsunami-ravaged shores &#151; would benefit from a tsunami warning system like the one in the Pacific, says the chief of the U.S. weather research agency.
352218
President Bush will send a delegation headed by Secretary of State Colin Powell and the president&#39;s brother, Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, to the tsunami-affected region on Sunday to assess
478217
The United States Congress risks a  presidential veto if it approves a multibillion-dollar disaster  aid package for farmers and ranchers, the White House said on  Tuesday, ahead of a Senate vote on the question.
584646
Congress will investigate why the US government did not notify some nations lining the Indian Ocean of early indications that a deadly tsunami might be headed their way, a spokeswoman for Senator Olympia Snowe, Republican of Maine, said yesterday.
199094
The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.
486998
While the deadly tsunami in the Indian Ocean has focused attention on that part of the world, great waves also pose a threat to the United States.
457309
BANGKOK, Thailand -- A day after a tsunami killed at least 24,500 people in 10 countries, governments of nations along the Indian Ocean began to consider a comprehensive warning system Monday so that lives can be saved in future natural disasters.
616239
An ambitious plan to set up an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system is expected to dominate an upcoming gathering of leaders from stricken nations and world donors seeking to prevent a repeat of last week's carnage.
430467
PERALIYA, Sri Lanka  - In a small room up a   rickety staircase in a tsunami-damaged building on Sri Lanka's   south coast, Roshan Waduthantri sits glued to an earthquake   warning Web site and monitors cable TV channels.
635798
Scientists say the death toll in Asia caused by a massive tsunami might have been reduced if India and Sri Lanka had been part of an international system designed to warn coastal communities about potentially deadly waves.
136245
The United States, faulted by  critics for a slow and miserly response to the Asian tsunami,  is preparing an aid package to be introduced in Congress early  next year, lawmakers said on Thursday.
2874
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.
65556
A tsunami warning system should be in place in South Asia and Southeast Asia within a year, the U.N. said.