The Japan Meteorological Agency has announced that it will cancel the delivery of special warnings regarding weather such as heavy rains and volcanic eruption warnings, which will be sent to residents' smartphones all at once when the danger of a disaster is imminent. ..
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, "email distribution by local governments and private apps have spread", but experts say, "Although the system for disseminating disaster information by as many means as possible has been put in place, it is a move that goes against it." It has also been pointed out.
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The Japan Meteorological Agency has
announced that it will cancel the delivery
of special warnings regarding weather such as heavy rains and storms, which
started six years ago,
and
eruption
warnings with
eruption alert levels 4 and 5 on the
28th of this month.
Earthquake early warnings, tsunami warnings, and large tsunami warnings will continue to be distributed.
Regarding the reason for the cancellation, the Japan Meteorological Agency said that
▽ all local governments can now send evacuation information such as evacuation orders by e-mail, and
▽ the distribution of evacuation and weather information has expanded with smartphone apps by private companies etc.
"The role of mail delivery by the Japan Meteorological Agency has ended."
On the other hand, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency officials, the cost of renewing the equipment will be about 300 million yen if the distribution is continued, which is also behind the decision to cancel.
Naoya Sekiya, an associate professor at the University of Tokyo graduate school who is familiar with disaster information, said, "Until now, a system has been put in place to disseminate disaster information by as many means as possible so that no one will be late for evacuation. It should not be abolished. I would like you to reconsider it as a minimum infrastructure, not cost performance. "