In marking World Meteorological Day, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres declared the need for early warning systems covering the entire world in the immediate future. The same report suggested that investing USD 800 million on early warning systems in developing countries alone would avoid up to USD 16 billion in annual losses. Although the number of recorded disasters has increased by fivefold over that period, improved early warnings and disaster management have saved the lives of many. As of 2015, the country has 74 seismic stations for earthquake monitoring, 36 tsunami detection stations, 6 volcano observatories and 10 tsunami early warning systems. Read more in our articles including "UN pushes global early warning systems for disaster risk reduction, climate adaptation" and "Apple to revamp Siri with Google Gemini and NVIDIA partnerships".
In marking World Meteorological Day, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres declared the need for early warning systems covering the entire world in the immediate future. The same report suggested that investing USD 800 million on early warning systems in developing countries alone would avoid up to USD 16 billion in annual losses.
Although the number of recorded disasters has increased by fivefold over that period, improved early warnings and disaster management have saved the lives of many. As of 2015, the country has 74 seismic stations for earthquake monitoring, 36 tsunami detection stations, 6 volcano observatories and 10 tsunami early warning systems.
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