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Published online 30 June 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060626-11
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Indian Ocean tsunami warning system plugged in
Alerts can now be issued to governments, but will the word get to the people?
Eighteen months after a deadly tsunami killed more than 200,000 people in the region, a tsunami early warning system for the Indian Ocean is now up and running.
But the downstream flow of information from local authorities to the populations and communities most at risk is still unresolved, so the system may not yet be capable of saving lives.
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