Did Animals Sense Tsunami Was Coming?
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While some 150,000 people were killed by last month's tsunami, few animals seem to have been caught off guard. Do animals have a sixth sense about such danger?
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Wildlife in Sri Lanka's biggest national park survived last month's tsunami, but it was probably keen senses and the lay of the land rather than any mysterious instinct for danger that enabled animals to scamper to safety.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Relief workers flew  helicopters and cajoled elephants to find and feed survivors  and shift the rubble of razed towns Monday, eight days after  tsunamis changed the map of Asia.
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The ground shook so hard Yulinar had to grab a table to steady herself. Minutes later, she heard a warning crackling over the speakers of the neighborhood mosque &#151; a tsunami could crash into her fishing village on Indonesia's Sumatra island at any minute.
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HAFUN, Somalia -- In this remote, northeastern corner of Somalia, villagers have long believed the world will end when the sea runs dry and the ground shakes. When the tsunami struck Dec. 26, many thought that day had come.
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An early warning system would have made all the difference. Instead of being swept to their deaths by the Dec. 26 tsunami, tourists in Thailand and villagers in Sri Lanka could have been alerted to run for higher ground. Even Sumatrans near the epicenter might have recognized the danger posed by a coastal quake and dashed inland.
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The tsunami triggered by a massive undersea earthquake Dec. 26 not only washed away thousands of people living on India's coastlines, it may have also permanently altered its geography.
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The devastating earthquake that struck the Indian Ocean probably caused some islands to move by several metres.
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Along the shores of Sri Lanka, the tsunami that has killed more than 140,000 people first appeared as a rapidly rising tide -- a phenomenon more akin to a quickly filling bathtub than a bona fide wave.
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Every so often, nature reminds humans why we once feared it. And once in a while, we remember in turn what makes us human. In the terrible wake of the tsunamis in Southeast Asia--so vast their counterparts
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SYDNEY - Pressure built for an Indian Ocean tsunami-warning centre on Tuesday after frustrated scientists said they knew killer waves were speeding towards coastlines across Asia but was powerless to raise the alarm.
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PONDICHERRY/MADRAS: Hundreds of Indians scattered flower petals at sea and sacrificed chickens yesterday to pray for the safe return of those carried away in a tsunami as aftershocks hit some areas.
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In the wake of the tsunami, there was abundant amateur video of the disaster coming from tourist hotspots, like Phuket, Thailand. But some of the villages and islands in the path of the devastating
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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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Scientists say that Padang, Indonesia, may well be hit by a tsunami within the next 30 years, and a private group is working to educate the public on how to respond.
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[World News]: Sydney/Colombo, Dec 27 : Did the smaller and earlier tremor last week off Tasmania in Australia trigger the tsunami that devastated many areas in South and Southeast Asia.
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The earth hasn't stopped shaking in the tsunami-battered Andaman and Nicobar islands because a giant boar-like animal that slept below has been turning on its sides.