When the Indian Ocean tsunami struck, the only warning most people in the region had was the sight of a giant wave heading towards them. Unlike the Pacific, the Indian Ocean did not have a system ...

Such a tsunami warning system existed for the Pacific Ocean, but not for the Indian Ocean. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, based in Hawaii, was only established by the UN in 1965, five years ...

Indian Ocean countries and UN experts have agreed on a timetable for a tsunami early warning system. At a meeting in Paris, delegates decided the system, which could save thousands of lives, would be ...

The waters quickly closed in without warning and he and his ... Ardito Kodijat, Head of UNESCO’s Indian Ocean Tsunami Information Centre, says the system has been tested several times since ...

“And the world learned a painful lesson: You can’t develop a warning system in a few hours.” In the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunami, tsunami preparedness became paramount. It was “a ...

By Katrina Miller The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 ... The 2004 wave, Dr. Titov said, revealed that the world’s tsunami warning system, started in 1965 to monitor threats in the Pacific Ocean ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami ... disaster, a tsunami warning system has ...

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The tsunami also forced a reckoning about the preparedness of coastal communities around the Indian Ocean basin. At the time of the earthquake, there was no warning system in place in the Indian ...