The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in Thailand

The tsunami detection buoys safeguarding lives in Thailand

Terra Daily

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Andaman Sea, Thailand (AFP) Dec 24, 2024

Almost 1,000 kilometres off the Thai coast devastated by a tsunami 20 years ago, engineers lower a detection buoy into the waves - a key link in a warning system intended to ensure no disaster is as deadly again. On December 26, 2004, a magnitude 9.1 earthquake under the Indian Ocean triggered a huge tsunami with waves up to 30 metres (100 feet) high. Only a rudimentary warning system w

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