Attorney general will investigate possible criminal liability

Relatives of two sisters who died in the Feb. 27 tsunami are suing Chilean government agencies they claim are responsible for the absence of an adequate tsunami warning.

Nancy and Eliana Lema Morales were staying in the coastal town of Dichato when the earthquake struck. Worried that a tsunami might follow, they drove with their families into the hills. There, their families say, they tuned into an Argentinean radio station where a report citing Chile’s National Emergency Service (ONEMI) said there was no risk of tsunami.