Friday, May 05, 2006
Tonga
The Pacific tsunami warning system needs to be checked thoroughly and improvised. Just a few days ago there was a massive earthquake in the Pacific Ocean next to the island nation of Tonga and despite a warning being issued to New Zealand and Fiji, Tonga - the closest island to the quake which would have seen the maximum devastation in case a tsunami actually formed after the quake did not receive the warning. This needs to be looked into and improvised to help in stopping a catastrophe like the Tsunami of 2004 which took over 200,000 lives.