Chinese Government saves 150,000 with text flood warnings

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More than 150,000 people in southwest China survived an early morning flood thanks to timely government warnings delivered by mobile phone text messages, loudspeakers and door-to-door visits. ‘The flood was so sudden I would have drowned if I had not received the messages,” said Zhang Xue’an, a resident of Qujiang in Quxian in Sichuan Province.

Excellent, excellent! I’m delighted to hear the medium is being used so effectively by the Government there.