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Angry Aceh residents disable tsunami warning system
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Angry Aceh residents disable tsunami warning system
Angry residents in Indonesia?s Aceh have disabled a tsunami warning system after a false alarm spread panic in a province still traumatised by the deadly 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, an official said yesterday. Residents cut power to a siren on a tsunami warning tower in the Lhoknga area near the provincial capital Banda Aceh by smashing an electricity box, Syahnan Sobri, the head of the meteorology and geophysics agency in Aceh said.
A technical glitch prompted the siren to ring for about 30 minutes in Aceh Besar district on Monday, sending residents rushing out of their homes in panic.
?They cut the electricity connection but did not damage equipment,? said Sobri, referring to the actual warning siren and tower.
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