Warning messages have sounded on cellphones and alarms have blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system, but the sirens stayed quiet in Berlin
Warning messages sounded on cellphones and alarms blared across Germany as part of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system Thursday, but in Berlin the sirens stayed quiet., when the country held its first such test in 30 years and many civil defense sirens around Germany didn’t go off.
Even though the sirens didn’t echo in Berlin, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser said the first evaluations showed the 11 a.m. test was “a complete success.” 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 modernized.
Radio programs, TV shows and websites carried information informed about the test, which was intended to prepare people so they would know what to do in case of actual emergencies such as severe flooding, fires or war.
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