Tonga

Tonga ranks second most vulnerable country to natural hazards out of 172 countries. Despite this, the country has still limited warning dissemination capacity. As Tonga’s mobile telephone geographical coverage is about 92%, CREWS will assist in the development of a mobile app to disseminate and enable all mobile users to have direct access to warnings.

 

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Programme type: Accelerated Support Widow
Funding: $220,124
Duration: 2023-2024
Status: Ongoing

Keygoals

  • Strengthen the capacity of the Meteorological Service for disseminating hydro-meteorological and geological risk information and warnings to all users of mobile telephones in communities villages and urban areas.
  • Increased capacity of users of mobile telephones to have access to and receive risk information and warnings and to record potential and actual development hydro-meteorological hazardous events and related risks.
  • Improved capacity of the Meteorological Service for disseminating disaster management and reduction information including awareness material and evacuation procedures in communities, villages, and urban areas.

Progress to date

  • The Tonga Weather Application for Multi-Hazard Early Warning and Response, known as MACRES, was launched and put into operation.
  • The necessary accounts for both IOS and Google Play have been procured.  
  • The implementation of push notifications is operational.  

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Tonga’s Mobile Application  

Tonga’s mobile telephone geographical coverage is about 92%. The project will assist in disseminating and enable all users for mobile telephone (UoMT) to have direct access to warnings. Applications’ features will allow 5 types of smartphones to be used, no internet data requirement for warning reaching UoMT, a siren alert to indicate warning messages for UoMT with eyesight disability, flashing screen for UoMT with hearing disability. It will also enable UoMT to prepare and send reports to TMS and NEMO.  

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