The Bureau of Meteorology says there is no tsunami headed to Australia after sending a false warning to half the country earlier today.
The Bureau of Meteorology says the test warning was sent as part of a transition to new early warning software.Share article
It was marked "test" and included tsunami watch warnings for Tasmania, New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. "Within 20 minutes of that alert going out, I'm advised BOM issued another alert advising that it was in fact a test and that there was no threat to the community.
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