Ottawa Plans to Strengthen Tsunami Warning System on Canada's East Coast
Posted on: Tuesday, 23 January 2007, 15:00 CST
HALIFAX (CP) - The federal government is moving to strengthen a tsunami warning system for Canada's east coast.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day says the devastating tidal wave that hit southeast Asia in 2004 has heightened concerns in coastal areas around the world. Day says equipment and procedures already in place will be enhanced, improving their capacity to predict storm surges.
The system will incorporate state-of-the-art earthquake monitoring networks under the watch of several federal departments and the U.S. National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.
An immediate $250,000 upgrade will incorporate sea level gauges to collect data which will be fed back to the Atlantic Storm Prediction centre in Halifax.
In 1929 a tidal wave that originated on the Grand Banks left 28 people dead and many homeless in 50 Newfoundland and Nova Scotia communities.
Source: Canadian Press
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