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The report, written by an advisory panel of tsunami experts, says the US warning system is in dire need of an overhaul, struggling with outdated technology, delayed forecasts and disjointed

By Caitlin Kaiser and Allison Chinchar, CNN Earlier this year an underwater volcano erupted in Tonga, triggering a widespread tsunami. While advisories

The United States’ tsunami system is in need of a major update, with ongoing problems that include outdated software, delayed alerts and poor communication to the public, according to a panel of tsunami experts. Its recent report sees “an urgent need for action” and advises the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to overhaul aspects of the system to fix these and other pressing issues.

At least 30 reported tsunamis have caused at least one death or $1 million in damage to the United States as of January 2018, according to NOAA.

A lot of good preparations have been made but its also acknowledged that this was a particular tough challenge. time from the time of the earthquake to with tsunami hitting we made calculations on these and this is only a quarter of an hour so in other settings one gets half an hour or forty five minutes it was particular tough one on the time scale and it was tough because because of what because simply the proximity of the earthquake. tsunami science and the relatively small earthquake normall...

Your hands it was developed to give indonesians and the technical part of a system work but of course for old system to work or the warning really needs to be to people on the ground and that seems to have not worked completely at least so how does one learn the lessons from this because this is an area that is that is prone to this sort of seismic activity so well. was there a government that was that was well enough prepared. well little good preparation. has been made but has also acknowledge...