NU Online News Service, Dec. 29, 1:55 p.m. EST

Five years after a tsunami devastated Indonesia and the Southeast Asia Region many homeowners in the United States still remain without proper insurance coverage in the event of a natural catastrophe, the Insurance Information Institute notes.

The New York-base I.I.I. noted that five years after that tragic incident in Indonesia that claimed more than 225,000 lives, the United States has improved its tsunami detection system from six in 2004 to 39 today.

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