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UK, Wednesday April 11, 2012 After the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami
killed over 220,000 people, millions of pounds have been spent
by nations to make sure a disaster on this scale does not happen
again. The Boxing Day tsunami caused death and destruction
across Indonesia, Sri Lanka, southern India, Thailand, and many
other countries. Although some of the affected areas did have
early warning systems, in many places news of the approaching
wave came too late. :: Japan, March 2011 – A 9.0-magnitude
earthquake hits underwater, causing a tsunami that kills more
than 19,000 people :: Haiti, January 2010 – A 7.0-magnitude
earthquake kills between 250,000 and 300,000 people :: Sichuan
Province, China, May 2008 – Around 87,000 people are lost or
killed after an 8.0-magnitude earthquake :: Kashmir, October
2005 – At least 75,000 are killed by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake
:: Indian Ocean, December 2004 – More than 226,000 die when a
tsunami sparked by an undersea