The UK Government has launched an emergency phone alert system to warn of 'life-threatening situations'.
A siren-like emergency warning message will be sent to mobile phone users across the UK next month to test the new public alert system.
Phone users will be unable to use other features on their devices unless they acknowledge the alert, which is due to be sent on Sunday April 23. The system - modelled after similar schemes in the US, Canada, the Netherlands and Japan - is intended to be used in life-threatening situations including flooding and wildfires.
The alerts on St George's Day will appear on the home screens of people's phones, accompanied by a loud warning sound and vibration. The scheme will initially focus on the most serious severe weather-related events, with the ability to get a message to 90% of mobile users within the relevant area in an emergency.Suella Braverman promises Rwanda deportations 'by summer' as home secretary visits new-build housing for asylum seekersHarry and Meghan 'struck deal with Palace' to pay no more rent for Frogmore Cottage after £2.
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