Tsunami devastates Somali island many hours after hitting SE Asia

Clearly it's not the ability to warn that saves lives, but the ability to take action on the warning. Why did Somalia suffer even though the waves took over 12 hours to travel to the East African shore line ? The truth is blindingly simple, but our mandarins in the corridors of power think the solution is to merely have sensors humming away on the ocean bed.

Tsunami devastates Somali island

Roads washed away by the sea are hampering the delivery of food aid to some 4,500 islanders affected.

Waves which swept 7,000km (4,000 miles) from the epicentre left a trail of smashed buildings and boats along the East African coast.

More than 130 people in East Africa are known to have died in the floods. [...]