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 ...

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 ...

In communities across the Indian Ocean, the devastation was unlike ... Now the city has a new quake detection and tsunami warning system, which its residents hope will remain ready but unused.

thanks to its state-of-the-art Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) established in the wake of the devastating Indian Ocean tsunami that crashed ashore two decades ago to this day. The tsunami of ...

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia, Dec 24 (Reuters) - Traumatised by the Indian Ocean tsunami that ... with upgrading Aceh's quake detection and tsunami warning system, including sirens loud enough to be ...

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 ...

As we honor those lost, we are also humbled to reflect on the progress made in creating resilient coastal communities. That ...

NBC Universal, Inc. 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 hit the region in one of ...

Within hours, the tsunami had claimed nearly 230,000 human lives and displaced millions of people in 12 countries. Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ...

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 ...

The lack of tsunami early warning systems in the Indian Ocean before the 2004 tsunami ... ensure the public understands that no warning system is perfect, and it is safest to evacuate when there ...