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Preparation is the key to reducing the impact of a tsunami, which is why Australia is focused on maintaining our early warning systems and working with our neighbours to develop better strategies to manage tsunami risk.

Ten years after the tsunami disaster of December 2004 the training program PROTECTS (Project for Training, Education and Consulting for Tsunami Early Warning Systems) successfully comes to a close today with a festive ceremony in Jakarta/Indonesia. After the successful implementation and hand over to Indonesia of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS), PROTECTS was a direct follow-up project of GITEWS for training and further education purposes with respect to disaster protection measures. Since the start of the PROTECTS-Program in June 2011 right up to March 2014 a total of 169 different training modules have been executed. The project was financed by the Federal Ministry for Education and Research with a total sum of 7.2 million euros.

Scientists make strides in tsunami warning.

Scientists make strides in tsunami warning.

10 questions fréquentes sur le tsunami.

Ten Years After Indonesian Tsunami, Are Coasts Any Safer?

Ten Years After Indonesian Tsunami, Are Coasts Any Safer?

Up to 80 percent of Thailand's tsunami warning system needs maintenance.

A 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of western Indonesia, the US Geological Survey reports, with no immediate reports of damage.