Guangdong taking lead on tsunami warnings

GUANGZHOU: South China's Guangdong province is establishing an oceanic earthquake surveillance system to forecast tsunamis at least an hour before they surge ashore, according to Huang Jiantao, director of the Guangdong Provincial Earthquake Administration.

An accurate prediction system will allow authorities to issue timely warnings and save lives in the event of a shore-bound tsunami.

"We have invested dozens of millions of yuan into the surveillance system project," he said yesterday during the third Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao Earthquake Technology Forum. "A complete system is expected to be finished within three years."