The world’s nations – united in shock over the Indian Ocean tsunami – agreed today to work together to better guard against natural disasters, with steps ranging from stronger building codes to expanded monitoring of nature’s upheavals.

THE United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.

The United States is moving on several fronts toward a global tsunami warning system following the Asian catastrophe.

Aid agencies all over the world prepared today for what the United Nations said would be the biggest relief effort in history, following the Asian earthquake disaster that killed thousands upon thousands.