A list of smartphone apps and tips that can help in emergencies

Mobile phones are an increasingly useful tool, as more apps are designed that can help you to plan before an emergency and also can help you during one.

ABC News 22 December 2020

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ABC News have curated a list of apps and tips that might be handy if disaster strikes and conditions are less than ideal. "The best time to do your planning is well before an emergency event happens."

Click here to view the Smartphone App list

Note: A mobile phone can be an invaluable way to help keep yourself safe during a disaster, but you should make sure you have other ways of receiving information in an emergency. "Mobile towers can go down during an emergency, so you need to make you've got alternate ways to find information, so access to a radio or other ways to stay connected if that does happen," Red Cross senior project officer Julia Goodall told the ABC.

You can find a list of radio frequencies for local ABC Radio stations here