The first alerts of severe weather blared across millions of phones at 8:41 p.m. that night when the National Weather Service warned of dangerous flash flooding from the looming storm. The weather service acknowledged that in the past, alerts were being pushed out too often. The weather service established a three-tier system in which alerts would only be sent out for the most severe flooding. “So they got a message last week that said it’s really really bad and then nothing happened. And then this week they get a message that’s really really bad — do they take it seriously?” Sutton asked.

Source: Egypt Independent September 04, 2021 14:26 UTC