Japan warns of North Korea missile launch
then DELETES tweet JAPAN'S national broadcaster has warned citizens
to urgently take cover in a tweet warning of a missile launch, just days after a false
alarm in Hawaii. NHK News warned people to evacuate and take
shelter in a tweet warning of a missile launch. It wrote: "Ballistic missile threat inbound
to Japan. Seek immediate shelter.
This is not a drill." But it deleted the tweet just minutes later
and tweeted instead "patterns of North Korean missile launch is erroneous". NHK News said: "Earlier we reported on the
NHK's news site and NHK's news disaster prevention application, 'Pattern of North Korean missile
launch', but this was incorrectly issued. "An alert has not appeared. We must sincerely apologise".
It was not immediately clear what caused the
false alarm. This isn't the first time a false alarm has
terrified North Korean enemies in recent days. A terrifying text alert led Hawaii residents
to believe a nuclear missile was on its way to hit their island. Many ran for cover with the message appearing
on their phones caused by an employee making a mistake.
Vern Miyagi, an employee with Hawaii's Emergency
Management Agency, apologised to thousands of Hawaiians who scrambled to find shelter
up to half an hour after the message was sent. He said: "It was a procedure that occurs at
the change of shift where they go through to make sure that the system, that it's working. "And an employee pushed the wrong button.".
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