"The forecast was quite accurate," Synolakis said.

“预报是相当准确的，”Synolakis说。

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COSTAS SYNOLAKIS: "Japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning."

COSTAS SYNOLAKIS：“日本是世界上在海啸预警方面准备最为充分的国家之一。”

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Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

Costas Synolakis是洛杉矶市南加利福尼亚大学土木与环境工程系的海啸研究专家。

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Costas Synolakis is a tsunami expert with the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

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Costas Synolakis says Japan's concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves.

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"Technology will improve ... the question is how we go to the last mile, " said Costas Synolakis, a professor of civil engineering at the University of South California.

CNN: Asian tsunami warning system: A last-mile challenge

The best protection, according to Dr Synolakis, is common sense.

ECONOMIST: New ways of tracking these killer waves may help save lives

NOAA, and Costas Synolakis, at the University of Southern California, can predict the size and shape of the waves that will be generated by a particular tsunami, as well as the resulting coastal inundation.

ECONOMIST: New ways of tracking these killer waves may help save lives