Thailand: Tsunami alert system 'broken'

According to the Bangkok Post, alongside remembrance events of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, respected meteorologist Smith Dharmasaroja warned that the tsunami warning system in Thailand is broken. "There was a regional tsunami warning system in place six years ago but now it doesn’t work. Just (Sunday) big waves hit the eastern coast of Thailand, flooding many houses, and there were no warnings of that storm," he said. Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra also agreed that disaster prevention needed to be improved through a better early warning system.