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VIDEO: Tsunami-detection system
11 May 2008 07:38:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec. 1 - Thailand unveils its first tsunami-detection buoy

Almost two years after the devastating Asian tsunami, Thailand has unveiled its first detection buoy.

The device will be situated a thousand miles west of Phuket as part of an Indian Ocean tsunami warning system.




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