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More States Adhere to Disaster SMS Warning System in Brazil

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter

SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Just in time for the traditional heavy rains which are registered every year in Brazil the residents of the states of Minas Gerais, Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul have been integrated into a service where they will receive free SMS message warnings of natural disasters, such as floods, storms and landslides.

Coordinated by the Ministry of National Integration and the National Telecommunications Agency (Anatel) and mobile operators the service is already fully operational in the states of Paraná, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Espírito . . .

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