Part of the problem was that there was no tsunami warning center in the Indian Ocean. And the series follows a group of scientists who realize that there's been a massive earthquake, that there's ...

Part of the problem was that there was no tsunami warning center in the Indian Ocean. And the series follows a group of scientists who realize that there's been a massive earthquake, that there's ...

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 ...

Thursday marks the 20 th anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami ... preparedness and prompting major advances in tsunami early-warning systems throughout the world. Additionally, the ...

People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia's Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean ... before the tsunami struck. Early warning systems ...

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

Two major tsunami swamping New Zealand's east coast, decades before 2004, have been labelled a "missed opportunities" for ...

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 had made the disaster's impact worse. No seismic stations covered the entire area, and no telecommunication ...