Tsunami Warning System Wins Approval
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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 Commonwealth's Don McKinnon backs calls for an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system after Sunday's disaster.
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Nations agree the UN should begin work on an tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean.
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Indonesia's tsunami Wednesday is much smaller than the 2004 disaster, but the response shows the country's new warning systems are working.
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THE devastating tsunami on Sunday was triggered by the fifth-largest quake for a century and the biggest for 40 years, which caused giant waves that could be detected across the planet.
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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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Japan, one of the world's most  seismically active nations, on Friday began an alert system  using satellites to instantly transmit warnings of natural  disasters, such as tsunami, to speed up evacuations.
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Angry residents in  Indonesia&#39;s Aceh have disabled a tsunami warning system after a  false alarm spread panic in a province still traumatized by the  deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an official said on Thursday.
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India's tsunami warning system will be operational in two to three years' time, a government minister says.
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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.
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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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A tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean could be up and running by next year, a UN agency says.
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The Indonesian meteorology agency issued a tsunami warning on Wednesday after a quake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale struck offshore East Timor, but there were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage.
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A tsunami warning system is now in place for Indian Ocean countries, but experts said Wednesday there is still room for improvement in methods to convey the alerts to coastal communities.
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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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Officials from dozens of Asian nations including India, Indonesia and Thailand failed on Friday to agree who should run a regional tsunami warning system, officials said, dashing hopes for its quick establishment.
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Thai and US officials have dispatched a ship carrying a tsunami warning device designed to protect millions of people around the Indian Ocean from a repeat of the catastrophe two years ago.