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Sri Lanka: Preparing for the Tsunami

Monday, December 25th, 2006 @ 21:19 UTC

by Neha Viswanathan

Countries:: Sri Lanka
Topics:: Disaster, Governance, Humanitarian, Internet & Telecoms

LIRNEasia is apprehensive about a report in the UK press which claims that Sri Lanka is prepared well if a tsunami strikes. “The best-prepared country is Sri Lanka, one of those worst hit two years ago, which has a system of transmitting warnings through its police stations.”

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