"Okinawa disaster prevention information portal ハイサイ！防災で～びる" (this will be referred as "this site" as follows) offer the following services about disasters in Okinawa Prefecture in Japanese, English, Chinese and Korean.
Registration fee and use of each service are free, so please utilize by all means.
* Please note that user must pay connection expenses such as packet transmission and data communication rates.
Okinawa Prefecture Disaster Prevention provides disaster prevention information/news information on Twitter and Facebook.
| Account | @okinawabousai |
|---|---|
| URL | http://twitter.com/@okinawabousai |
Twitter is a service on the internet that provides the simple sentence information within 140 characters called the tweet, and to read.
You can read the tweet that Okinawa Disaster Prevention System sends it to from the account URL mentioned above. In addition, a person who has an account can read tweet by following us. Please refer to Twitter help center for the usage of Twitter.
| Account | okinawabousai |
|---|---|
| URL | http://facebook.com/okinawabousai |
Facebook is world's largest SNS (Social Networking Service), and used by people all over the world as a communication tool on the Internet.
You can read it from the Facebook page mentioned above. Account registration is necessary to push the "Like" button, and to contribute comments. Please refer to Facebook help center for the usage of Facebook.
| NO. | Distributed Information | NO. | Distributed Information |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | News Information | 15 | Seismic Intensity Information |
| 2 | Evacuation Preparation Information | 16 | Information about the Epicenter |
| 3 | Evacuation Advisory Report | 17 | Information about the Epicenter and Intensity |
| 4 | Evacuation Order Report | 18 | Tsunami Advisory |
| 5 | Report of Established Emergency Shelters | 19 | Tsunami Warning |
| 6 | Heavy Rain Emergency Warning | 20 | Large Tsunami Warning |
| 7 | Storm Emergency Warning | 21 | Eruption Warning |
| 8 | High Wave Emergency Warning | 22 | Landslide Disaster Warning Information |
| 9 | Storm Surge Emergency Warning | 23 | Information About Ballistic Missiles |
| 10 | Blizzard Emergency Warning | 24 | Air Strike Information |
| 11 | Heavy Snow Emergency Warning | 25 | Information About Guerilla & Special Force Attack |
| 12 | Heavy Rain Warning | 26 | Megaterrorism Information |
| 13 | Flood warning | 27 | Fire Prompt Report |
| 14 | Storm warning |
A service to distribute each information that are released by Okinawa Prefecture Disaster Prevention System, including weather, earthquake and evacuation information of disaster prevention via email. Disaster prevention information will be delivered to e-mail address that is registered by appointing an area that you wish, selecting information to receive, and enrolling in the service.
The registration of the disaster prevention mail delivery service is enabled from a link on Disaster Prevention Email Registration on the menu on our site.
A list below shows information which you can receive via email from the Disaster Prevention System.
* Chances are, you may receive a mail with the similar contents as we distribute if you register other disaster prevention information mail delivery service run by each village, town or city. Thank you for your understanding beforehand.
| NO. | Distribution Information | Contents | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Evacuation Information | Evacuation Preparation Information | |
| 2 | Evacuation Information | Evacuation Advisory Report | |
| 3 | Evacuation Information | Evacuation Order Report | |
| 4 | Evacuation Information | Report of Established Emergency Shelters | |
| 5 | Weather Information (Emergency Warning) | Heavy Rain Emergency Warning | |
| 6 | Weather Information (Emergency Warning) | Storm Emergency Warning | |
| 7 | Weather Information (Emergency Warning) | High Wave Emergency Warning | |
| 8 | Weather Information (Emergency Warning) | Storm Surge Emergency Warning | |
| 9 | Weather Information (Emergency Warning) | Blizzard Emergency Warning | |
| 10 | Weather Information (Emergency Warning) | Heavy Snow Emergency Warning | |
| 11 | Weather Information (Warning) | Heavy Rain Warning | |
| 12 | Weather Information (Warning) | Flood warning | |
| 13 | Weather Information (Warning) | Storm warning | |
| 14 | Weather Information (Warning) | High Wave Warning | |
| 15 | Weather Information (Warning) | Storm Surge Warning | |
| 16 | Weather Information (Warning) | Heavy Snow Warning | |
| 17 | Weather Information (Warning) | Blizzard Warning | |
| 18 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Heavy Rain Advisory | |
| 19 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Flooding Advisory | |
| 20 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Heavy Snow Advisory | |
| 21 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Storm Advisory | |
| 22 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Blizzard Advisory | |
| 23 | Weather Information (Advisory) | High Wave Advisory | |
| 24 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Storm Surge Advisory | |
| 25 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Heavy Fog Advisory | |
| 26 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Thunder Advisory | |
| 27 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Dry Air Advisory | |
| 28 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Avalanche Advisory | |
| 29 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Ice Accretion Advisory | |
| 30 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Snow Accretion Advisory | |
| 31 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Snowmelt Advisory | |
| 32 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Frost Advisory | |
| 33 | Weather Information (Advisory) | Low Temperature Advisory | |
| 34 | Landslide Disaster Warning Information | Landslide Disaster Warning Information | |
| 35 | Information about the Epicenter and Intensity | Breaking Seismic Intensity Information | |
| 36 | Information about the Epicenter and Intensity | Information about the Epicenter | |
| 37 | Information about the Epicenter and Intensity | Information about the Epicenter and Intensity | |
| 38 | News Information | News Information | |
| 39 | Fire Prompt Report | Fire Prompt Report | |
| 40 | Tsunami Information | Tsunami Advisory | |
| 41 | Tsunami Information | Tsunami Warning | |
| 42 | Tsunami Information | Large Tsunami Warning | |
| 43 | High Temperature Advisory Information | High Temperature Advisory Information | |
| 44 | Heavy Rain Information in Record Time | Heavy Rain Information in Record Time | |
| 45 | Tornado Precaution Information | Tornado Precaution Information | |
| 46 | Information about Civil Protection | Information About Ballistic Missiles | |
| 47 | Information about Civil Protection | Air Strike Information | |
| 48 | Information about Civil Protection | Information About Guerilla & Special Force Attack | |
| 49 | Information about Civil Protection | Megaterrorism Information | |
| 50 | Eruption Information | Eruption Warning |
Regarding information distribution areas in the Disaster Prevention Mail Service, areas in the table below, we integrated cities, villages and towns conformed to secondary subdivision areas that the Meteorological Agency established, will be a range of areas to select in the disaster prevention mail
| Prefectures Forecast Ward | Primary Subdivision Area | The area that integrates villages, towns and cities | Name of Secondary Subdivision Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Okinawa Main Island Region | Main Island North | Izena & Iheya | Iheya Village、Izena Village |
| Kunigami Area | Kunigami Village、Ogimi Village、Higashi Village | ||
| Nago Area | Nago City、Nakijin Village、Motobu Town、Ie Village | ||
| Onna & Kin Area | Onna Village、Ginoza Village、Kin Town | ||
| Main Island South-Central | Middle | Ginowan City、Okinawa City、Uruma City、Yomitan Village、Kadena Town、Chatan Town、Kitanakagusuku Village、Nakagusuku Village | |
| South | Naha City、Urasoe City、Itoman City、Tomigusuku City、Nanjo City、Nishihara Town、Yonabaru Town、Haebaru Town、Yaese Town | ||
| Kerama & Aguni Islands | Tokashiki Village、Zamami Village、Aguni Village、Tonaki Village | ||
| Kumejima | (Kumejima) | Kumejima Town | |
| Daito-jima Region | Daitojima Region | (Daitojima Region) | Minamidaito Village、Kitadaito Village |
| Miyako-jima Region | Miyako-jima Region | Miyakojima | Miyakojima City |
| Tarama Island | Tarama Village | ||
| Yaeyama Region | Ishigakijima Region | Ishigaki City | Ishigaki City |
| Taketomi Town | Taketomi Town | ||
| Yonaguni Region | (Yonaguni Region) | Yonaguni Town |