Taiwan to hold nationwide disaster alert drill on Friday

Taiwan's Central Weather Administration (CWA) will issue nationwide cellphone messages on Friday to mark National Disaster Prevention Day and boost the public's preparedness, by simulating earthquake and tsunami alerts to test the emergency warning system.

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