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Tsunami-warning system under question after Sulawesi disaster

People carry items from a damaged shopping mall in Palu, Sulawesi
People carry items from a damaged shopping mall in Palu, Sulawesi Source: AAP

As Indonesia copes with its latest tsunami disaster on the island of Sulawesi, the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says early-detection tsunami buoys off the island's coast have not worked for six years.


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By Samantha Beniac-Brooks

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As Indonesia copes with its latest tsunami disaster on the island of Sulawesi, the country's National Disaster Mitigation Agency says early-detection tsunami buoys off the island's coast have not worked for six years.



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