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Thought for the Day

Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
                                           - Lord Byron

 

Tsunamis: A ferocious force of nature

What is a tsunami ?

A tsunami is a series of very long ocean waves created when a large body of water is displaced. A tsunami can hit shore with devastating impact, as one did on December 26, 2004, when a series of waves pounded the coastlines of Southeast Asia, levelling whole villages and killing around 150,000 people.

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111th Birth Anniversary of Dr. Senarath Paranavitana falls today:

One and only Paranavitana

Dr. Paranavitana, was one of the most brilliant and outstanding personalities that adorned Sri Lanka in the 20th century. As a student of history in the university, and as a teacher and later as a journalist attached to Lake House, I was fortunate to associate with this man of the era. He was a great son of Sri Lanka.

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Tsunami Early Warning System:

Vital need for Indian Ocean countries

The German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean is on track. Main milestones like the development of the automatic data processing software SeisComP3, as well as the underwater communication for the transmission of the pressure data from the ocean floor to a warning centre are already finalised.

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New challenges in post-tsunami reconstruction

After the tsunami struck three years ago Wednesday, taking 230,000 lives in 12 Indian Ocean countries from East Africa to Indonesia, the world pledged some US$13.6 billion to house and feed survivors and to rebuild devastated coasts. Now the assistance is drying up and the recipients are facing the challenge of standing up unaided.

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