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Tuvalu to intoduce new early warning system

Source(s): Radio New Zealand International
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A new early warning system to be introduced in Tuvalu next month aims to help outlying communities better prepare for natural disasters.

The US made Chatty Beetle technology is able to send and receive short data messages to the internet over the Iridium satellite network anywhere in the World.

The coordinator of Tuvalu's National Adaptation Programme of Action, Soseala Tinilau, said the idea was to use the device to send early warnings from the region's metservices directly to communities around the country.

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Themes Early warning Data and information management Small Island Developing States (SIDS)
Country and region Tuvalu
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