Filipinos to receive disaster alerts on cellphones
June 28, 2014 /Uncategorized

Filipinos to receive disaster alerts on cellphones

FILE - In this Nov. 10, 2013 file photo, a man walks through debris of houses destroyed by Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. The Philippines has passed a law that requires mobile phone companies to send early warnings to millions of people in the path of deadly typhoons, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes in an effort to reduce high number of fatalities that occur almost every year. The measure, announced Friday, June 27, 2014 was in response to one of the deadliest typhoons ever to make landfall — Typhoon Haiyan, which killed over 6,300 people and displaced 4 million in the central Philippines last year. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has passed a law that requires cellphone companies to send warnings to millions of …read more

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