India to work towards tsunami warning system

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  • Source:
    BBC Monitoring International Reports, July 1, 2005 South Asia, 1pp
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    • Abstract:
      The United Nations Oceans Commission has agreed to work with 27 countries on establishing a tsunami warning system for the Indian Ocean. Under a decision reached at the conclusion of a 10-day meeting, deep-sea sensors would be installed under the new system to pre-warn tsunami-like disasters. The system would also have the arrangement for alert broadcasts to escape from devastation is such disasters strike again...