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Upgrade to warning system on tsunamis is going slowly

FEB 23, 2009
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The New York Times : After a tsunami in the Indian Ocean killed hundreds of thousands of people in 2004, the American government moved to improve the nation’s tsunami warning systems. But some of the upgrades are temporary and have not been made to the highest standards. Bureaucracy has delayed others.
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