There is consensus that if an early warning system had been in place in the Indian Ocean and the South China Sea like the one established a half a century ago for the Pacific Ocean, the damage would not have been so great.
各界一致認為，印度洋與南中國海如果有太平洋海域半世紀前就設立的海嘯預警系統，將不至於釀成如此大的浩劫。