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Tsunami test run

A mock tsunami this week let Pacific countries put their emergency warning systems to the test. Emma Marris talks to Brian Yanagi, who helped to develop and monitor the test, to find out how it went.

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Marris, E. Tsunami test run. Nature (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/news060515-13

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