Solomons tsunami death toll still unclear

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04 Apr 2007 - 18 Jan 2016
Officials in the Solomon Islands say there is no evidence of widespread death from the 2 April 2007 tsunami but casualty figures are still unclear. Police put the death toll at about 30 but warned it was too early to say that deaths could not rise significantly. The tsunami has rekindled the debate about warning systems. Some experts said they were of little use if the affected areas [of earthquake and tsunami] were so close, as with Monday's quake. But UN special coordinator for the early warning system in Indonesia, Michael Rottmann, said even a warning of 10 minutes could save ""a lot of lives"".

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