Djibouti successfully issues first Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) warning

The website was developed using ClimWeb, an open-source website template for National Meteorological and Hydrological Services, established by the WMO Regional Office for Africa. It serves as the first-ever centralized hub for disseminating critical risk information and strengthening early warning communication in the country.  

The modern CMS web template has tools for seamless marketing integration and for advanced interactive climate data visualization to personalize user experience. Additionally, the website has an integrated Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) editor – a key element in ensuring that early warnings are issued and communicated to the entire population.  

A CAP warning is a standardized format for exchanging all-hazard emergency alerts and public warnings, it delivers real-time actionable risk information to relevant stakeholders and at-risk communities. The moderate warning issued by ANM called for heavy rain of more than 50mm throughout the country, with a risk of localized flooding in low-lying areas, and flash flooding in urban areas. In this message, a set of instructions were shared as guidelines for the public, ensuring better preparedness for this hydrometeorological event.

As WMO is mandated to ensure its Members are CAP compliant to enhance preparedness, early action and response efforts to hazardous hydrometeorological events, ANM’s first CAP warning and new website mark two pivotal steps in our efforts to support in building a robust and integrated early warning system in Djibouti.