The new system will classify four types of weather disasters -- heavy rain, flooding, landslides and storm surges -- into five alert levels to better align with the five-tier evacuation information currently issued by municipalities.
Source: Japan Meteorological AgencyWeather warnings and advisories are issued by the Japan Meteorological Agency to help the public decide whether to evacuate, even before an evacuation order is issued. But some of the wording and the structure of the system have been seen as complicated.The new system will clarify that an "emergency warning" represents the h…READ FULL ARTICLE
