Sentences with phrase «ballistic missile alert»

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When Hawaii's ballistic - missile - threat system blared an alert across the state on January 13, many people didn't know where to go, what to do, or whether they could even survive a nuclear attack.

Panic and confusion in Hawaii lasted more than half an hour Saturday morning, after an alert was pushed to people's phones warning of an incoming «ballistic missile threat.»

An alert mistakenly directing panicked Hawaiians to seek immediate shelter from an incoming ballistic missile was the result of human error, the state's governor said.

Hawaii has been on high alert given claims by North Korea that its newest intercontinental ballistic missile could fly 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles).

Residents of the island state, as well as thousands of tourists, woke around 8:07 a.m. local time on Saturday to alerts lighting up their mobile phones and interrupting television programming about a «ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii» and the warning that «this is not a drill» but an «extreme alert.»

Earlier this month, a false alarm that a ballistic missile was headed for Hawaii sent the islands into a panic, with people abandoning cars and preparing to flee their homes until officials said the cellphone alert was a mistake.

Following a stunning false alert that Hawaii was the target of a ballistic missile threat, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard said the incident underscores the need for Trump to directly negotiate with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the rogue nation's nuclear weapons.

The emergency alert about an incoming «ballistic missile threat» that jolted Hawaiians awake Saturday morning was a false alarm caused by someone hitting the «wrong button,» Gov. David Ige said.

5 lessons from the Ballistic Missile Alert in Hawaii On Saturday, January 13th, 2018 citizens of Hawaii had a big scare when a false alert went out over thousands of phones claiming a nuclear attack was imminent.