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Tragedy in Asia

Over 160,000 people died and millions lost everything when a tsunami hit coastlines around the Indian Ocean on 26 December 2004.

Now a global tsunami warning system is planned, based on a network of sensors that are already operating successfully in the Pacific Ocean.



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A satellite image of Kalutara in Sri Lanka after the tsunami hit.
A satellite image of Kalutara in Sri Lanka after the tsunami hit.
Image: DigitalGlobe

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