Early warning of failure due to tsunami, vol. 370 people dead in Indonesia

According to reports, Indonesia--official 28 that tsunami deaths this week is likely to rise to 500 people, who are currently missing in the majority of 338 survived little hope.

Indonesian official statistics for a series of disaster death toll has up to 370 people, but disaster management officials Ed · Edward said, this number may also be increased to 200.

He said: "we believe that the missing person, two-thirds may have killed them or were involved in the sea, or buried by the sand.

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For destructive tsunami such great natural disasters, although individual countries in the prediction, but it still appears.

For example, this occurs in the Indonesian tsunami monitoring personnel did not identify any warning in advance. United Kingdom broadcasters 27 reports that Indonesian official noted that 25, Sumatran Ocean tsunami early warning system, tsunami has not issued the alert.

It is reported that Indonesia technical assessment and application Department staff member said that the tsunami early warning system to detect waves in two of the key buoy suspected was the sabotage, lost the ability to work.

Another official pointed out that the system uses the tide level meter, buoy on the ocean wave measurements and data, but for the tsunami early warning, the buoy's role is very important, even more important than the tide level meter.

As the buoy was put directly on the sea, and installed on the coast of tidal level meter, faster measurement to related data. According to another report, 28 local time, an Indonesian contains 5 small rescue helicopter in the East of the country when implementing an emergency landing, the aircraft crashed 5 policemen were all killed.