India has announced one million US dollar contribution to United Nation (UN) fund and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) for strengthening early warning systems for natural disasters.

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The decision comes ten years after a massive Tsunami triggered by an earthquake smashed the coastline of around 14 nations. The donation will also ensure that vulnerable communities receive the timely warning information that is required to save lives and livelihoods in disasters.

Yesterday, Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Arup Raha had released a book which recalls the devastation of the tsunami that struck India and other nations in the Indian Ocean in 2004. The 2004 tsunami, which was caused by an earthquake off Sumatra, Indonesia, resulted in the death of 2,30,000 people in 14 countries, including over 12,000 people displaced in India.

Measuring 9.1-9.3 on the Richter scale, it is the reportedly third-largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph.