Disasters

In Germany, the Federal Authority for Civil Protection (BBK) conceded there was a problem on the nationwide Warning Day. The NINA warning app partially failed. In the meantime, Berlin got new fire engines.

On Thursday at 11:00 a.m., media and communication devices in Germany will go berserk. A nationwide alarm for testing purposes will be seen and heard. All 16…

For the first time in decades, all German disaster warning systems will be tested on September 10th, 2020. In the information age, there are many of those.

According to Berlin's Foreign Ministry, a German employee of the Embassy in Beirut died in Tuesday's explosion. The Federal Agency for Technical Relief from Germany now has helpers on site.