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11/17 advisories spark questions as nations issue identical preparedness messages

Governments in the UK, United States, Norway, Sweden and Japan issued similar household preparedness advisories around November 17, prompting questions about their timing. The article examines the fragility of undersea fibre-optic cables and what a regional connectivity outage would mean for the Maldives.

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  • Tue 17 Nov Governments across the world began issuing quiet preparedness instructions to citizens to keep enough supplies at home … Sun English
  1. Tue 17 Nov
    Governments across the world began issuing quiet preparedness instructions to citizens to keep enough supplies at home to survive several d… clustered around November 17 only Sun English But the timing, clustered around November 17, has raised questions about why so many countries are suddenly reminding households to prepare for short-term disruption.

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