False tsunami warning creates panic
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A tsunami warning siren went off accidentally in Indonesia's Aceh province on Monday, causing residents to flee their homes and run to higher ground, officials said.
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A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean, sparking panic in coastal areas across Southeast Asia and causing at least two deaths.
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After a false warning of new tsunamis, hundreds of victims of last Sunday's huge waves abandoned government refugee camps near the shore.
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Some public health experts watching the aftermath of the tsunami disaster fear the outpouring of emergency relief supplies and the rush to head off outbreaks of disease will prove misguided or wasteful in some respects.
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Regional countries and organisations clash over the location of an Indian Ocean tsunami early warning system.
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Three aftershocks ultimately led to officials in India issuing what amounted to a false alarm.
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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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Tens of thousands of residents fled tsunami-battered coasts in India, Sri Lanka and Thailand after warnings of possible new killer waves yesterday.
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According to a NASA Web site devoted to tsunamis, three out of four tsunami warnings issued since 1948 have been false.
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Larry Park of Oregon sounded like an island of calm yesterday, despite setting off a false alarm that caused hundreds of already traumatized victims of the Asian tsunamis to flee for higher ground half a world away.
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NAGAPPATTINAM, India The government issued a warning of another tsunami along India&#39;s southern coast Thursday morning, halting the recovery of bodies and sending people fleeing from the beaches in panic in India and Sri Lanka.
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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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A telephoned warning of a suspicious device forced the evacuation of a North Sea oil rig off Scotland on Sunday but it turned out to be a false alarm, emergency services said.
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The confirmed number of people killed in the massive undersea earthquake and resulting tsunamis that hit Indian Ocean shorelines has exceeded 80,000, and there are warnings it could rise to 100,000.
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A powerful earthquake measuring 8.2 struck Indonesia's Sumatra region on Wednesday, triggering tsunami warnings in the Indian Ocean and sparking panic in coastal areas across Southeast Asia and at least one death.
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More than 300 people are feared dead in  the first tsunami to hit coastal Sri Lanka in 16 years, the  military spokesman said on Sunday.
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Less than a day after being rocked by a deadly earthquake, people on the Indonesian island of Sumatra were jolted again Thursday morning by a pair of powerful tremors that prompted the Indonesian government to issue additional tsunami warnings.