"20 Años Después del Tsunami del Océano Índico: Lecciones Aprendidas y Retos Persistentes" - The New York Times

Los expertos afirmaron que estaban “ciega” al tsunami del Océano Índico en 2004. Dos décadas después, trabajar hacia un mundo sin muertes causadas por tsunamis sigue siendo un desafío.

The Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004, one of the deadliest events in recorded history, was an enigma to many survivors. Some experts were surprised to learn that a significant number of the people in the path of those lethal waves had never heard of such a destructive phenomenon until it came their way.

“Tsunami is a Japanese word,” said Syamsidik, an engineer who now directs the Tsunami and Disaster Mitigation Research Center at Syiah Kuala University in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and, like many Indonesians, uses only one name. At the time, he assumed that meant that only Japan needed to worry about the natural disaster. “It misled a lot of people. Including me.”