Thailand’s top weather forecaster was fired Tuesday for failing to issue a warning as massive waves barreled toward tourist resorts. The country’s Meteorological Department has said that it knew about the huge earthquake that struck off the coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island on Dec. 26, and that it might produce a dangerous surge of water along Thailand’s southwest coast, about an hour before waves began slamming ashore. Officials said they were reluctant to issue a warning because it could harm the country’s tourism industry, an action that might anger the government.