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Jennifer Nourse

FILE- This Oct. 27, 2010 file photo shows an area ravaged by a tsunami on Mentawai island, Indonesia. Indonesia's tsunami detection system, made up of seafloor sensors that communicate with transmitting buoys on the surface, has been rendered useless by vandals and lack of funding. Now Indonesian and U.S. scientists say they’ve developed a way to dispense with the expensive buoys and possibly add crucial extra minutes of warning for vulnerable coastal cities. (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim, File) (AP)

The mosques that survived Palu’s tsunami and what that means

Jennifer Nourse
Faisal Marwan, left, who was injured in Wednesday's earthquake, stands on the ruins of his shop as police officers clear the rubble in Tringgading, Aceh province, Indonesia, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016. Over a hundred of people were killed in the quake that hit the northeast of the province on Sumatra before dawn Wednesday. Hundreds of people were injured and thousands buildings destroyed or heavily damaged. (AP Photo/Binsar Bakkara) (AP)

An Indonesian city’s destruction reverberates across Sulawesi

Jennifer Nourse