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Tsunami warning system in East Timor. Regional (or local) warning system centers use seismic data about nearby recent earthquakes to determine if there is a possible local threat of a tsunami. Such systems are capable of issuing warnings to the general public (via public address systems and sirens) in less than 15 minutes.
The International Early Warning Program (IEWP), was first proposed at the Second International Early Warning Conference (EWCII) in 2003 in Bonn, Germany. It developed increasing importance in the wake of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami , which claimed over 200,000 lives and injured over half a million people.
A warning system for the Indian Ocean was prompted by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and resulting tsunami, which left approximately 250,000 people dead or missing. Many analysts claimed that the disaster would have been mitigated if there had been an effective warning system in place, citing the well-established Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, which operates in the Pacific Ocean.
Roughly $13.8 million of the governments funding was used to procure and install exactly 32 pressure sensors on the ocean bottom to detect tsunamis and collect data such as the height and speed of the approaching tsunami. This proposed system, stated by the John H. Marburger the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy, should ...
Airborne early warning systems: Airborne Early Warning and Control ("AWACS" for NATO, many countries have developed their own AEW&C systems) Ground-based early warning radar systems: Ballistic Missile Early Warning System and PAVE PAWS (United States) Duga radar, also known as the "Russian Woodpecker" (Russia) Dnestr radar (1st generation Russian)
An early warning system is a warning system that can be implemented as a chain of information communication systems and comprises sensors, event detection and decision subsystems for early identification of hazards. They work together to forecast and signal disturbances that adversely affect the stability of the physical world, providing time ...
Accordingly, on 15 October 2007, a centre housing the Indian Tsunami Early Warning System (TEWS) was established in INCOIS by the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the nodal ministry, with the collaboration of the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of Space (DOS), and Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
One of the deep water buoys used in the DART tsunami warning system (from Tsunami) Image 5 Mast with warning system, and sign detailing escape routes, on the coast of Okumatsushima , Miyagi prefecture , Japan (this coast was severely hit by the 2011 tsunami ) (from Tsunami warning system )