Caribbean Vulnerable to Killer Tsunamis

Caribbean Vulnerable to Killer Tsunamis
Caribbean Vulnerable to Killer Tsunamis
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By FRANK GRIFFITHS, Associated Press Writer

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Scientists predict killer tsunamis could strike the Caribbean, which lacks a warning system even though its seabed is gouged by some of the world's deepest trenches, where the giant waves can be generated by tectonic activity, and its low-lying islands are heavily populated along their coastlines.
The last tsunami struck the Caribbean in 1946, before island populations skyrocketed, major construction dotted shorelines and the region developed into a prized tourist destination attracting 17 million visitors last year.
The Caribbean is a very dangerous place for tsunamis, said Uri ten Brink, a U.S. Geological Survey geologist in Woods Hole, Mass., and co-author of an article on the threat in the Journal of Geophysical Research.

The Caribbean needs a tsunami warning system.