The CARE provinces in Texas, who were seriously injured in floods, did not use a special system that activates the sirens on the local population phones to evacuate them, but only sent SMS to those who fell in the mail, Washington Post, according to the results of the investigation.
“In the Texas region, where nearly 100 people died and lost more than 160, there was a technology that allowed every mobile phone to convert a roar warning, but the local authorities did not either before or in the early morning hours of July 4, when the river level increased to record signs, overwhelms gowns and homes,”, – The post is written.
It should be noted that the authorities only used sending SMS to phones to those who previously signed such a newsletter. At the same time, ignore the system at their disposal, which causes phones shaking and making a sharp sound while playing and reference.
According to publication, the authorities used the system just two days after the fixed peak of floods.
On July 4, the National Meteorological Service of the United States on the social network X informed an emergency in a number of cities of the Texas Kiir region regarding a sudden flood. According to CNN, more than half a million people in the region are threatened with floods. Texas ruler Greg Ebot He stated that the state authorities direct all available resources, including the National Guard, to combat destroyed floods. NBC said that the total number of flood victims in Texas has reached 119 people.
