VOA慢速英語：日本繼夏威夷之后再發(fā)錯誤警報

Japan Gets False Missile Warning, After Hawaii Incident

日本繼夏威夷之后再發(fā)錯誤警報

The Japanese public broadcaster NHK mistakenly sent out a message Tuesday warning of a likely North Korean missile launch.

日本公共廣播電臺NHK周二誤發(fā)警報，稱朝鮮很可能發(fā)射了導彈。

The false alarm for a missile attack was the second in the Pacific area since the U.S. state of Hawaii gave a mistaken warning on Saturday.

這是上周六美國夏威夷州發(fā)出錯誤警報以來，太平洋地區(qū)發(fā)生的第二次導彈襲擊錯誤警報。

NHK sent the message out on its website and through its mobile telephone app at 9:55 UTC.

NHK電臺于協(xié)調(diào)世界時9點55分在其網(wǎng)站及通過其手機應用程序發(fā)出了這一警報。

The message said, "North Korea likely to have launched a missile." The warning urged people to take shelter in buildings or underground.

消息稱：“朝鮮可能發(fā)射了一枚導彈。”該警報要求人們躲進建筑物或地下需求庇護。

About 10 minutes later, NHK sent out another message calling the alert a mistake. NHK blamed human error for the alert.

大約10分鐘之后，NHK電臺又發(fā)出一條消息，稱這是一次錯誤警報。NHK電臺將其歸咎于人為錯誤。

There were no immediate reports of widespread panic as a result of the false warning.

目前尚未出現(xiàn)因為這一錯誤警報而導致大面積恐慌的報道。

Similar to false alarm in Hawaii

跟夏威夷州的錯誤警報類似

The event in Japan was somewhat like one that took place earlier in Hawaii over the weekend.

日本這次事件跟夏威夷州在周末早些時候發(fā)生的那次事件有點類似。

However, in the U.S. Pacific island state, the Hawaii State Emergency Management Agency released the alert. It warned of a "BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII." The alert urged people to immediately seek shelter saying the message was not a test.

但是美國在太平洋上的這個州是由夏威夷緊急事務管理局發(fā)出了警報。警報提醒有“目標為夏威夷的導彈威脅。”該警報督促民眾立即尋求庇護，并稱這條消息不是演習。

Hotel workers sent guests into basements and people fled and struggled to find places to take shelter as a result of the wrong message.

由于這一錯誤警報，酒店員工將客人帶到了地下室，民眾到處尋找地方躲避。

The mistaken alert was discovered within 20 minutes. But it took about 38 minutes for officials to send a correction.

這一錯誤警報不到20分鐘就被發(fā)現(xiàn)。但是有關官員花了大概38分鐘才發(fā)出更正信息。

The state's governor David Ige said the false alarm was sent out during an employee shift change. He added that there was no automated process to let people know that the warning was false.

該州州長戴維·伊格(David Ige)聲稱是一名員工換班期間發(fā)出了這一錯誤警報。他補充說，目前沒有讓民眾獲知這是錯誤警報的自動化程序。

The governor apologized and said officials were taking steps to ensure that such a false alarm does not happen again.

州長對此表示道歉，并稱有關官員將采取措施確保錯誤警報不會再次發(fā)生。

Hawaiian Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard criticized officials for the long delay in correcting the mistake. She said the delay "is something that has to be fixed, corrected with people held accountable."

夏威夷州女議員圖絲·加巴德(Tulsi Gabbard)對有關官員拖延那么久才糾正錯誤提出來了批評。她說，“延誤問題必須同相關責任人一起得到解決。”

In November, North Korea tested a ballistic missile that, officials say, could reach all of the U.S. mainland. It was the latest in a series of long distance missile launches by the North.

朝鮮在11月份試驗了一枚彈道導彈。有關官員稱這枚導彈可以打到美國本土任何地方。這是朝鮮一系列遠程導彈發(fā)射中最新一次試驗。

Hawaii is home to the U.S. Navy's Pacific Command and its Pacific Fleet. In December, the state restarted its monthly tests of a warning siren system to warn residents of any coming nuclear attack.

夏威夷是美國海軍太平洋司令部以及太平洋艦隊所在地。去年12月，該州重新啟動了警報系統(tǒng)的月度測試，這一系統(tǒng)用于向居民預警即將發(fā)生的核攻擊事件。

I'm Mario Ritter.

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