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 ...

By translating ERM and BCP frameworks into a large-scale civil-defence rehearsal, India has illustrated that preparedness is ...

Climate change is a major global issue, but its effects particularly on South Asia are huge. Geography, in addition to social ...

PHUKET: Preparations are underway for a major national disaster response exercise in Kamala next month, with officials ...

Both are known as earthquake-prone areas in the Indian Ocean that have ... installing many early warning sensors for tsunami and ensuring the tools and all communication systems work well.

The risk of a large earthquake in the Indian Ocean was ‘‘significantly underestimated’’ at the time of the Boxing Day tsunami a decade ago ... Sri Lanka and the coast of India, an early warning system ...

The Tampere Convention came into force on 8 January 2005, following its ratification by 30 States just two weeks after the massive Indian Ocean tsunami in December ... and ICT "in early warning and ...

emphasizing the need for improved warning systems and coastal evacuation plans. Dramatic wave crashing in Yangyang, South Korea. Perfect for nature and seascape themes. Photo by 정규송 Nui MALAMA, via ...