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Indonesia says it will build new tsunami warning system

2018-12-27 44 Dailymotion

INDONESIA — Indonesia says it plans to build a new warning system that is capable of detecting tsunamis caused by undersea landslides, days after waves triggered by a volcano killed at least 429 people. <br />According to the BBC, a government agency said a new system of buoys would be installed next year. <br /><br />According to the spokesman for the Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology, Iyan Turyana, the new system will work by detecting the size of waves.<br /><br />Indonesia has had no operational tsunami warning buoys since 2012, due to lack of funding, vandalism to the buoys, and mechanical failure. <br /><br />It is believed that activity from the Anak Krakatau volcano caused undersea landslides which triggered Saturday's tsunami. <br /><br />According to officials, around 150 people are still unaccounted for and 16,000 have been displaced.

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