INDIA TO STUDY JAPAN TSUNAMI'S IMPACT ON INDIAN OCEAN

India to study

 Japan tsunami’s impact on Indian Ocean

       Indian scientists will study the impact on the Indian Ocean of the Pacific Ocean tsunami that ravaged north-eastern Japan earlier this month, a met department official said Wednesday,23^rd March,2011 "The Pacific Ocean is so vast that if there are some changes in the sea following the recent tsunami, it will have a global impact. We will study the impact of the Pacific Ocean tsunami on the Indian Ocean," said India Meteorological Department (IMD) Director General Ajit Tyagi on the sidelines of a function.

       Scientists are awaiting data related to changes in the pattern of the Pacific Ocean. "We need to study changes in sea currents, bottom of the sea and ocean conditions, and how it can impact the Indian Ocean," Tyagi told.  The devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan March 11 left 9,301 people dead, while at least 13,786 are still unaccounted for.

 Prof. John Kurakar