Google Public Alerts was an online notification service owned by Google.org that sends safety alerts (weather watches, warnings, advisories, safety instructions, etc.) and launched to the United States, Australia, Canada, Colombia, Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, Mexico, and Brazil on October 30, 2012, and to the Philippines on November 12, 2014. It is part of the Google Crisis Response team and publishes content from its partners of each country. If you activate Google Now, you can see suitable weather and public safety on Google Search and Google Maps.
On June 3, 2014, Public Alerts connected with Twitter to display tweets about the current event to keep people safe via special sources. Google called it "extreme public alerts" because it can answer questions, such as whether schools are closed. Google says "it's only enabled in majorly English-speaking countries".
Google Public Alerts was discontinued by Google.org on March 31, 2021, though the functionality will be available on other Google services such as Google Search and Google Maps.
Partners
United States
National Weather Service
United States Geological Survey
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
AMBER alerts from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
Nixle
Australia
New South Wales Rural Fire Service
Canada
Environment and Climate Change Canada
England
Environment Agency
Germany
Deutscher Wetterdienst
Colombia
Unidad Nacional para la Gestión del Riesgo de Desastres (National Unit for Disaster Risk Management) Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales (Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies)
Japan
Japan Meteorological Agency
Taiwan
Central Weather Bureau
Water Resource Agency
Soil and Water Conversation Bureau
Directorate General of Highways
National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction
Indonesia
Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika (Indonesian Agency for Meteorology, Climatology and Geophysics) Badan Nasional Penanggulangan Bencana (Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management)
Mexico
Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (National Weather Service)
Philippines
PAG-ASA (Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical and Astronomical Services Administration)