Google Public Alerts

Google Public Alerts is an online notification service owned by Google.org that sends safety alerts (weather watches, warnings, advisories, safety instructions, etc.) to the United States, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil launched on October 30, 2012. And to the Philippines on November 12, 2014. It is part of the Google Crisis Response team and publishes content from its partners of each country.[2] If you activate Google Now, you can see suitable weather and public safety on Google Search and Google Maps.[2]

Google Public Alerts
Type of site
Weather and safety alerting site
OwnerGoogle.org
URLgoogle.org/publicalerts
Launched30 October 2012 (2012-10-30)[1]

On June 3, 2014, Public Alerts connected with Twitter to display tweets about the current event to keep people safe via special sources. Google called it "extreme public alerts" because it can answer questions, such as whether schools are closed. Google says "it's only enabled in majorly English-speaking countries".[3]

Partners[4]

United States

Australia

Canada

England

Germany

Colombia

Japan

Taiwan

Indonesia

Mexico

Philippines

References
  1. Introducing Google Public Alerts - YouTube
  2. Public Alerts Help - Google Help - What is Google Public Alerts?
  3. Google's Public Alerts now displays tweets in times of crisis - The Next Web
  4. Public Alerts Help - Google Help - Who provides content to Google Public Alerts?
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