The latest ‘warning day’ was conducted after an embarrassing flop in 2020.
Warning messages sounded on mobile phones and alarms blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system on Thursday, but in Berlin the sirens stayed quiet.
The head of Germany’s Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance, which was in charge of organising the test alerts, was fired.Initial reports seemed to indicate that many more sirens went off on Thursday than in 2020. In the German capital, however, the phone alerts went through but the public alarms again failed to wail.
The failed test in 2020 was considered a national embarrassment in a country that used to be known for its efficiency. In the last three years, most warning systems were repaired or modernised.
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