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Tsunami Evacuation Announcement Drone Operation

As some of those giving directions for evacuation at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake lost their lives, and considering the necessity of expanding and complementing existing evacuation announcement methods, the Tsunami Evacuation Announcement Drone Operation was developed as a new broadcasting method used to issue tsunami evacuation warnings and has been in full-scale operation since October 2022.
In this initiative, as tsunami warnings, etc. are being made, evacuation announcements will be carried out simultaneously by drones equipped with speakers, etc. that have been preprogrammed to fly along predetermined routes.This process is conducted entirely automatically with no manual operation needed. This is a world-first initiative in two aspects, i.e. “tsunami evacuation announcements by automatically operated drones” and “maneuvering of drones using a designated LTE communication network”.
Through the realization of this system, it is anticipated that an effective tsunami evacuation announcement network catering to visitors of eastern coastal area will be established.