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Tsunamis
- Tsunami warning for Indian Ocean countries lifted, Radio NZ news, 2:16pm on 13 September 2007
- Powerful aftershocks hit Sumatra, BBC news, 13 September 2007, 01:44 GMT
Tsunami facts
- Tsunami Facts: How They Form, Warning Signs, and Safety Tips
- National Geographic news - includes video How Tsunamis are born
- Tsunamis
- from Access Science: in depth information about what causes tsunamis and what they do.
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- PMEL Tsunami Research Program
- General information about tsunamis. Go to the events page for recent and historical tsunami events and relevant data.
- National Weather Service: Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre
- Issues regional tsunami watch bulletins and includes RSS alerts.
- Waves of Destruction: Tsunamis
- from the US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) web site Savage Earth. There is also a section about earthquakes.
- Earthquakes
- learn more about what causes earthquakes from these web sites.
Local Responses
Previous Tsunamis
Solomon Islands - April 2007
- Photo gallery of Solomon Islands before and after the Tsunami
- National Geographic.
- Four kiwis remain missing after tsunami
- NZ Herald, 3 April 2007. Includes photos and audio.
- Solomon Islands links
- from our Internet gateway.
Asia - Boxing Day 2004
- Asia Quake Disaster
- The BBC web site has a lot of information about the quake and the tsunami that it caused and relief efforts including audio and video.
- After the Tsunami
- CNN Special report. Like the BBC site above this page includes video and audio footage, backgrounders, up to date news, opinions and photographs.
- Tsunami in Asia
- New Zealand Herald.
- WHO: South Asia earthquake and tsunamis
- The World Health Organisation web site. Includes the emergency health action programme for the first 100 days.
- Behind the Headlines
- from World Book: information about tsunamis and earthquakes and the region.
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- 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake
- from Wikipedia - the wiki encyclopedia. About Wikipedia.
More news web sites from around the world