New Nextdoor Feature Connects Neighbors Nationwide with Localized Power Outage Alerts Alongside Anticipated Summer Heat
09 Julio 2024 - 5:30AM
Business Wire
New integration with PowerOutage.us delivers
locally relevant power outage information and alerts to neighbors
across the country
Nextdoor (NYSE: KIND), the essential neighborhood network, today
announced an integration with PowerOutage.us, an organization that
collects, records, and aggregates live power outage data from
utilities throughout the United States. Through this integration,
neighbors on the platform will receive vital, hyper-local power
outage alerts and information relevant to their communities, to
help them be informed, prepared, and connected.
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Neighbors on Nextdoor are now connected
with localized power outage alerts. (Graphic: Business Wire)
Rolling out now to neighbors across the country, this new
feature alerts neighbors in the Nextdoor feed when a power outage
is affecting their neighborhood. The alert will provide information
that helps neighbors best navigate the outage, including the areas
and the number of neighbors affected, the cause of the outage, and
projected time until power is restored. Receiving these alerts on
Nextdoor can help neighbors connect with local information and
resources from the more than 6,000 public agencies on the platform,
as well as neighbors who can provide or may need assistance.
Neighbors who are directly impacted will also receive an email
notification at the initiation of the power outage, and will be
updated in-feed and via email when the outage is resolved.
“Driven by factors like increasingly extreme weather patterns
and the growing pressures on local electrical grids, external data
shows that weather-related power outages have increased by roughly
50% over the last 10 years,” said Jason Hwang, Business Development
Lead at Nextdoor. “Through recent surveys, we’ve learned from our
neighbors that access to time-sensitive information is a top reason
people turn to Nextdoor. With this new feature, we’re excited to
connect our neighbors with the timely, locally relevant information
they need and want, particularly as we head into what is expected
to be a volatile summer for weather.”
Predictions indicate that summer 2024 will bring unusually high
temperatures and a more active than normal hurricane season, two
key contributors to power outages in the US. While these outages
are an inconvenience for all, they can also disrupt other local
services like transportation and water, impact refrigeration and
food safety, create serious issues for those dependent on medical
devices, and contribute to health risks during episodes of extreme
temperatures.
This announcement joins other features on Nextdoor that help
neighbors and communities prepare for and recover from
weather-related events. Last year, the platform announced a
collaboration with The Weather Company, to share vital, hyper-local
weather alerts from The Weather Channel, to neighbors on
Nextdoor.
About Nextdoor
Nextdoor (NYSE: KIND) is the neighborhood network. Neighbors,
businesses of all sizes, and public agencies in more than 335,000
neighborhoods across 11 countries turn to Nextdoor to connect to
the neighborhoods that matter to them so that they can thrive. As a
purpose-driven company, Nextdoor leverages innovative technology to
cultivate a kinder world where everyone has a neighborhood they can
rely on — both online and in the real world. Download the app or
join the neighborhood at nexdoor.com. For more information and
assets, visit nextdoor.com/newsroom.
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