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Guangdong taking lead on tsunami warnings

South China's Guangdong province is establishing an oceanic earthquake surveillance system to forecast tsunamis at least an hour before they surge ashore, according to Huang Jiantao, director of the Guangdong Provincial Earthquake Administr ... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Thu, Mar 06 2008

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