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Multi-hazard approach key to sustaining Indian Ocean tsunami warning system
Five years after the deadly earthquake in Indonesia, a huge early warning network is now in place to alert countries in the region to a similar threat. However, some experts are saying that unless countries adopt a multi-hazard approach, the systems will not be maintained.
"Any warning system you don't notice is a dormant system, and treasuries don't like anything that they cannot justify," said Peter Koltermann, head of the Tsunami Coordination Unit for the United Nations Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission.
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