The new São Paulo State Civil Defense Rainwater Warning System, Cell Broadcast, issued 151 alerts since the first drive, which took place on December 25, 2024. CNN .
Cell Broadcast issues severe or extreme alerts to populations of risk areas. From it, every mobile device of a particular region connected to a telephone antenna and receiving 4G or 5g signal receives alert messages. On the phone, it plays a beep and the screen will be locked with the message.
According to the Civil Defense, among the total number of warnings, there were 144 severe alerts and seven extreme alerts. Guarujá’s coastal city concentrates four of the seven extreme alerts. The other three were fired in Campinas, Monte Mor and Jacareí.
The tool allows the sending of text messages to the cell phones of people who are in locations at risk of natural disasters such as flooding, floods, floods, landslides and windstorms, or, caused by man.
In cases of extreme risks, the alert is issued with a beep on the phone, even though the device is in silent mode. The prior registration or indication of a zip code of interest is not required for the drive.
This content was originally published in a new rain alert for mobile in SP plays more than 150 times in 4 months on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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