A network of sonar sensors able to instantly transmit data from the Indian Ocean floor to tsunami warning centres in 27 countries could be in place within a year, international experts have said.
The warning system would minimise the potential for another disaster on the scale of the December 26 earthquake and tsunami that killed more than 170,000 people, experts told a three-day forum in Australia.
About 100 representatives of the 27 Indian Ocean countries at risk from tsunamis have been meeting in the west coast city of Perth this week to discuss plans for an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system.
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