Community education and evacuation planning saved lives in 29 September Samoan tsunami
Friday, November 6, 2009 - 06:00
in Mathematics & Economics
Community-based education and awareness programs minimised the death toll from the recent Samoan tsunami, though there are still ways to improve the warning and evacuation process, according to a team of researchers that travelled to Samoa last month...
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