Deal reached on Indian Ocean tsunami warning system
BBC Online, Paris
The United Nations scientific and cultural organisation says agreement has been reached on a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean. Oceanographers and delegates from the region agreed to develop a network of seismographic equipment and deep-sea sensors, at the end of talks in Paris. The project will be modelled on a system operating in the Pacific Ocean. The hope is the system may help to stop a repeat of December's disaster, in which more than 200,000 people died. The shocking sight of mountainous waves racing towards the shore will stay in the minds of anyone who witnessed the tsunami. Six months on, people are slowly putting their lives back together.
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