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Germany retests its emergency warning system but Berlin’s sirens don’t sound

  • Germany conducted a nationwide test of its emergency alert system, but the sirens in Berlin did not go off, highlighting the country's embarrassing failure in a similar test in 2020. Many civil defense sirens were removed after the end of the Cold War, and in other places, the system simply did not work. The head of Germany's Federal Office of Civil Protection and Disaster Assistance was fired due to the failed test.
  • Despite the malfunction in Berlin, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser considered the test a success overall. The warning systems in most parts of the country were repaired or modernized in the past three years, reaching almost everyone in Germany. The test aimed to prepare people for potential emergencies like severe flooding, fires, or war, with push alerts sent to mobile phones and information broadcasted on radio, TV, and websites.
  • Berlin's air raid sirens, which were removed in the 1990s, were supposed to be replaced with 400 new sirens. However, only around 100 sirens have been installed so far and were not ready to be switched on during the test. There are plans to increase the total number of sirens in the country, which currently stands at 38,000.
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abc News broke the news in United States on Thursday, September 14, 2023.
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