U.N. Urges Expansion of Tsunami Warning System to Indian Ocean
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A tsunami warning system should be in place in South Asia and Southeast Asia within a year, the U.N. said.
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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.
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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 United Nations was put in charge of sorting out differences among countries offering to build a tsunami early warning system after a flood of proposals in the wake of the Indian Ocean tragedy.
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Wealthy nations pledged millions of dollars Thursday for a network to detect tsunami in the Indian Ocean and alert vulnerable coastal communities to approaching killer waves.
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In the wake of the deadly Indian Ocean tsunamis last week, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Conrad Lautenbacher has renewed his call for a Global Ocean Observing System that could patch together many governmentsâ stovepiped sensors.
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The United Nations on Wednesday appealed for 130 million dollars to jumpstart its relief effort after the tsunami disaster and said more would be required soon.
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The international community pledged more relief efforts for tsunami-devastated South and Southeast Asian countries Thursday as the death toll from the worst earthquake and tsunamis climbed to over 115,000. UN ...
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The United States will extend its  tsunami warning system to new areas in the Pacific Ocean, and  for the first time, to the Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea  and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Diarrhoea cases were reported to be rapidly increasing yesterday in the tsunami disaster zone and the United Nations warned that there could be only 48 hours to prevent the major outbreak of waterborne diseases.
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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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Denver: The high 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 communities about deadly waves, scientists say.
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India said Wednesday it would install an early warning system to predict lethal tsunamis such as the ones that hit Asia and Africa this weekend.
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UNITED NATIONS: UN Secretary General Kofi Annan called on world nations to make a long-term commitment to rebuilding lives and communities shattered by the south Asia tsunami disaster.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in southern Asia  can cope after more than 15,500 people were killed and hundreds  of thousands left homeless by a giant tsunami.
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The UN is to oversee building a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean, which could be ready in 12 months.
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The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.