Taipei, Aug. 6 (CNA) The Cabinet on Thursday passed draft amendments to a law that would add tsunamis and barrier lake breaches to the list of legally defined natural disasters and designate the central government agencies responsible for handling them. The Executive Yuan currently has the Central Disaster Prevention and Response Council and the Office of Disaster Management. Under the existing system, disaster response efforts are handled according to the type of disaster. The draft amendments would instead assign designated agencies to oversee major disaster prevention and response tasks, helping speed up key decisions. The draft amendments would also require government agencies to appoint disaster prevention chiefs responsible for promoting and overseeing disaster prevention and response efforts.