Google Public Alerts

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Google Public Alerts
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Type of site
Weather and safety alerting site
Dissolved31 March 2021; 10 months ago (2021-03-31)
OwnerGoogle.org
URLgoogle.org/publicalerts
Launched30 October 2012; 9 years ago (2012-10-30)[1]

Google Public Alerts was an online notification service owned by Google.org that sends safety alerts (weather watches, warnings, advisories, safety instructions, etc.) and launched to the United States, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil on October 30, 2012, and to the Philippines on November 12, 2014. It is part of the Google Crisis Response team and publishes content from its partners of each country.[2] If you activate Google Now, you can see suitable weather and public safety on Google Search and Google Maps.[2]

On June 3, 2014, Public Alerts connected with Twitter to display tweets about the current event to keep people safe via special sources. Google called it "extreme public alerts" because it can answer questions, such as whether schools are closed. Google says "it's only enabled in majorly English-speaking countries".[3]

Google Public Alerts was discontinued by Google.org on March 31, 2021, though the functionality will be available on other Google services such as Google Search and Google Maps.[4]

Partners[5][]

United States[]

  • National Weather Service
  • United States Geological Survey
  • West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
  • AMBER alerts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
  • Nixle

Australia[]

  • New South Wales Rural Fire Service

Canada[]

  • Environment and Climate Change Canada

England[]

  • Environment Agency

Germany[]

  • Deutscher Wetterdienst

Colombia[]

Japan[]

  • Japan Meteorological Agency

Taiwan[]

Indonesia[]

  • Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics)
  • Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management)

Mexico[]

Philippines[]

  • PAG-ASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration)

References[]

  1. ^ Introducing Google Public Alerts - YouTube
  2. ^ a b Public Alerts Help - Google Help - What is Google Public Alerts?
  3. ^ Google's Public Alerts now displays tweets in times of crisis - The Next Web
  4. ^ "Public Alerts Help". support.google.com. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
  5. ^ Public Alerts Help - Google Help - Who provides content to Google Public Alerts?
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