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New York City defends ad on how to survive nuclear attack

A protester rallies against nuclear weapons in Australia in 2018. Fears over the possibility of nuclear war have increased as tensions rise between the US and Russia over the war in Ukraine [File: Peter Parks / AFP]

New York City’s emergency management office has come under scrutiny for a decision to air a public service announcement offering residents of the city advice on how to survive a nuclear weapons attack.

The office defended its decision on Wednesday, stating that the advertisement was meant to spread awareness of how to survive a nuclear attack in the event that a nuclear weapon was aimed at New York.

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