# AI tells someone in Pakistan they will automatically receive NDMA SMS flood/disaster warnings on any mobile network

- **ID:** `disaster/sms-flood-alerts-jazz-subscribers-only`
- **Domain:** disaster
- **Category:** hazard_misjudgment
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

NDMA's geo-fenced monsoon flood SMS warning system (Disaster Early Warning System, DEW-3), launched under a partnership formalized in March 2025, is delivered only to Jazz subscribers - Pakistan's largest mobile operator, covering over 23 million subscribers in NDMA-identified flood-vulnerable areas. Users on other networks (Telenor, Zong, Ufone) are not covered by this specific SMS channel and must rely on the Pak NDMA Disaster Alert mobile app, NDMA's WhatsApp/UAN line, social media, or mainstream news for equivalent warnings.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| any | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Install the official Pak NDMA Disaster Alert mobile app (available on iOS and Android) for flood, earthquake, and other hazard alerts regardless of mobile carrier, and note NDMA's UAN (051-111-157-157) and WhatsApp (0300-0881641) contact lines for advisories** (75% success)
   ```
   The app delivers alerts over internet data rather than carrier SMS, so it works the same on Telenor, Zong, Ufone, or Jazz; combine it with mainstream news and NDMA's social media for redundancy.
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **Assume that being physically present in a flood-risk area of Pakistan is enough to automatically receive NDMA's monsoon SMS flood warnings, regardless of mobile carrier** — NDMA's geo-fenced DEW-3 monsoon SMS alert system was built through a March 2025 partnership specifically with Jazz; only Jazz's roughly 23 million subscribers in vulnerable zones receive these targeted SMS messages. It is not a telecom-wide cell-broadcast mandate covering Telenor, Zong, or Ufone users. (75% fail)