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Tsunami task force assesses local risk A localized tsunami from an offshore earthquake or underwater landslide...this group is how do we warn for that local tsunami," said Dan Keeton of the National Weather Service, which issues tsunami warnings. The remarks came at the inaugural...
January 26, 2005; Daily Breeze
Preparing for natural disasters: Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning System to become operational in 2006.(TSUNAMI WARNING SYSTEM)(Cover Story) A tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean may...Kong, director of the UNESCO International Tsunami Information Center, based in Honolulu...to plan and implement the Indian Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System. It's trying...
November 1, 2005; National Defense
State tsunami advisers covet wave-height forecasting system Japan's tsunami scientists now are able to forecast tsunami wave heights in different coastal areas -- a significant...Hawaii," said Daniel A. Walker, Oahu Civil Defense Agency tsunami adviser. The Japanese development was discussed at a recent...
June 3, 1999; Honolulu Star - Bulletin
US scientists expand tsunami impact research SEATTLE: Tsunami research was a small field with relatively...until last December, when the South Asia tsunami killed at least 200,000 people. Now scientists...researchers in the Pacific Northwest developing tsunami models for American coastal communities...
December 23, 2005; China Daily
Officials betting on tsunami face=+2; [ TSUNAMI PREPAREDNESS / 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1946...2; face=+2; >> face=-2; A GIANT TSUNAMI similar to the one that killed 159 people...on an average, a destructive or killer tsunami about every 12 or 14 years, and now it...
March 31, 2001; Honolulu Star - Bulletin
Civil defense officials stress need for tsunami awareness A tsunami generated by an earthquake in the Aleutian...a total of 159. The first statewide tsunami exercise this year is scheduled for tomorrow...disaster in Hawaii's history and the start of Tsunami Awareness Month. The Hawaii Warning System...
March 31, 2003; Honolulu Star - Bulletin
U.S. set to bolster tsunami warning technology.(Disaster Assessment) KILLER TSUNAMI: Could It Happen Here? That was the cover...property--an advantage the areas hit by the tsunami apparently did not have. In the wake of last December's earthquake-induced tsunami that rose from the Indian Ocean to devastate...
February 28, 2005; National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management
Reports urge tsunami action A huge tsunami hitting Christchurch could kill more than...Zealand's state of preparedness for a tsunami is so poor that the Government's best...Sciences (GNS) after last year's Boxing Day tsunami in Asia that killed more than 175,000...
December 21, 2005; The Press
California is not prepared for tsunami, report says LOS ANGELES -- Tsunami waves generated by a large offshore earthquake...in the state's readiness to handle a tsunami, including flaws in the existing warning...building codes that don't take into account tsunami-strength surges. In addition, many residents...
December 12, 2005; Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
New technology promises to improve tsunami alert face=+2; [ TSUNAMI PREPAREDNESS / 55TH ANNIVERSARY OF 1946...faster warnings for locally generated tsunamis. "You combine those two items and put...retired University of Hawaii scientist, now tsunami advisor to the Oahu Civil Defense Agency...
March 31, 2001; Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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