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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