Scientists get to work on early warning system after tsunami disaster
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Scientists from about 150 countries have started work on an action plan to save lives during disasters through planning and warnings amid the shock over the Asian tsunami catastrophe.
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The warning system worked perfectly. From sensors far offshore, Japanese meteorologists detected a tsunami headed toward the southern island of Ishigaki in March 2002 and quickly warned residents of the possible danger.
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The 10-year project is designed to deliver a worldwide network that could forewarn of impending natural disasters like tsunamis.
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Officials in charge of the existing international tsunami warning system, have taken an initial step to broaden the network to the Indian Ocean and other possible trouble spots.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water
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Scientists say they understand more about how cholera - a threat after Asia's tsunami - spreads.
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The first of a planned network of tsunami early warning buoys is being installed in the Indian Ocean.
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World leaders who met Thursday at an emergency tsunami summit pushed to give the United Nations the central coordinating role for humanitarian relief and agreed to work toward the development of a regional early warning system for future tsunamis.
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Armies of officials are tabulating the deaths caused by the tsunami that struck a dozen countries in Asia and Africa last weekend. The grim task is often imprecise.
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Survivors from the gargantuan tsunami that swept across Asia and killed more than 23,000 will face a host of new threats in the coming days and weeks: viruses and bacteria in the water, diseases
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A tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean could be running by next year, a UN agency says.
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A TSUNAMI warning that could have saved thousands of lives was issued but not acted upon more than an hour before giant waves hit Sri Lanka and southern India.
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A satellite-alert system launches in quake-prone Japan that will instantly trigger tsunami and volcanic activity warnings by siren and radio to help speed evacuations. By the Associated Press.
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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.
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The Indian Ocean tsunami has pushed disaster early warning to the top of the agenda at a meeting of the world's small islands, potentially crowding out concerns about climate change and trade, some delegates say.
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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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Tsunami scientists and public safety officials are closely watching an earthquake-prone nation with thousands of miles of crowded coastlines for signs of an imminent disaster. Indonesia? Japan? Try the United States.