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Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: How warning system failed the victims

Hundreds of people have been killed and many still remain missing after a tsunami struck the Indonesian island of Sulawesi on Friday, triggered by a powerful earthquake.

A tsunami warning was sent out – lasting just over 30 minutes – but it appears to have drastically underestimated the scale of the tsunami that would follow. So what went wrong?

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-45663054

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