[list_indonesia] [ppiindia] Tsunami survivors sue US warning centre
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The US federal agency that operates the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre is b=
eing sued by Indian Ocean tsunami survivors and relatives of victims.
The suit alleges the centre and other defendants did not do enough to prote=
ct people from the December 26 tsunami, which killed as many as 300,000 peo=
ple throughout southern Asia.
The lawsuit does not seek damages, but instead asks the court to preserve e=
vidence for the plaintiffs so they can decide whether to pursue damages, a =
lawyer said.
"At least they should have the option to know what is going on," said Edwar=
d Fagan, the US lawyer for the plaintiffs group, which includes at least 58=
European survivors and family members of people killed in the disaster.
The lawsuit claims the Thai government is destroying and concealing evidenc=
e that will prove its officials knew of the approaching tsunami but chose n=
ot to issue a warning fearing its effect on the country's tourism industry.=
The suit was filed last week in US District Court for the Southern Distric=
t of New York.
Named as defendants are the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administrat=
ion (NOAA), Thailand's government, its Meteorological Department and the Ac=
cor group, the French owner of the Sofitel hotel chain, which owns a beachf=
ront tourist hotel in Phuket, Thailand.
NOAA's Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre monitors seismic and ocean conditions=
in the Pacific Basin and issues warnings to member nations. The Thai Meteo=
rological Department is the country's weather forecasting agency.
The Ewa Beach centre has been criticised for not being more aggressive abou=
t warning southern Asian nations after they were alerted that a 9.0-magnitu=
de earthquake occurred off Indonesia.
NOAA officials refused comment on the lawsuit, but they previously defended=
the centre by saying it was not set up to warn nations outside the Pacific=
Rim about potential tsunamis.
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