New Yorkers mistakenly warned of a tsunami
On the morning of February 6, an error in AccuWeather applications caused the routine testing of the tsunami warning system as part of the National Meteorological Service (NWS) to spin out of control, and East Coast residents received push notifications or SMS messages warning of tsunamis, not really expected reports The Verge.
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The warning, which was intended to check the time of transmission of the actual warnings, should not have reached the users ’phones, but was apparently marked as a genuine message from the application. AccuWeather, as a result, it was received by users of the program.
Photo: Twitter / @ KatiaDelNegro
According to the NWS, the tsunami warning system is tested monthly, but this month something went wrong, which led to sending an alert to users AccuWeather. False, disturbing reports were received by residents of the East Coast and some of the southern US states, including Houston, New Orleans, Charlotte, Charleston, and the regions of New England.
A tsunami on the East Coast is possible, but is considered a very unlikely event due to the significantly lower level of earthquakes in this part of the United States compared to the West Coast.
According to the National Weather Service tweet, the organization studies how the error occurred. AccuWeather, and soon will report on its causes.
Screenshot from Twitter / @ NWSNewYorkNY
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