Two additions that make saving places and passing along an alert quicker. • Use my current location: when you add a place — during setup or from Places — you can now fill it in with one tap instead of typing an address. Location is checked once for that place only; Nearcast still never follows your live GPS. • Share any hazard: earthquakes, weather alerts, and flood advisories now have a share button, matching wildfires and evacuations. Shared updates include the location, the time, who issued it, and a link to the official source — so family can check it themselves. As always: Nearcast is independent and unofficial. Alert Ready remains Canada's official emergency channel. In an emergency, call 9-1-1.

This update makes Nearcast faster to set up and faster to act on. • Address autocomplete: when adding a place, suggestions now appear as you type — just tap one and Nearcast fills in the location. No more hunting for the search button. • Tap-to-open alerts: tapping a Nearcast notification now takes you straight to that specific alert — the exact wildfire, evacuation, earthquake, weather warning, flood advisory, or road event — instead of just opening the app. • Includes everything from 1.4.0: the new Quakes tab with recent earthquakes from Earthquakes Canada (NRCan), earthquake map layer and notifications, and background refresh. As always: Nearcast is independent and unofficial — post-event information, never early warning. Alert Ready remains Canada's official emergency channel.

Earthquakes arrive in Nearcast — done honestly: post-event information from official sources, never early warning. • New Quakes tab: recent earthquakes across Canada from the Earthquakes Canada (NRCan) catalog, ordered by severity, with search and magnitude/time filters • Earthquake map layer: tappable magnitude-scaled pins with a quick summary card and full detail pages — depth, magnitude scale explained, distance from your saved places, felt-report and official event links • Cross-border awareness: nearby US events (Pacific Northwest, major Alaska, New England) are shown and labeled "US" when shaking could reach Canada • Optional earthquake notifications scoped to your regions and saved places, prioritizing felt and higher-magnitude events • Background refresh: local alerts can now arrive periodically while the app is closed (when iOS allows) • Map improvements: layer buttons never truncate, the legend is complete, and the map auto-zooms to the layer you select • Also: test-notification button in Settings, "Fires of note" filter, and news search for significant quakes As always: Nearcast is independent and unofficial. Alert Ready remains Canada's official emergency channel.

The water release — official weather and flood information, in every season mode: • Live ECCC weather alerts (warnings, watches, statements) for your regions — new Weather tab under Alerts, with full alert text and area maps • BC flood advisories from the River Forecast Centre: basin maps and levels (High Streamflow, Flood Watch, Flood Warning) • Optional notifications when a warning or flood watch/warning covers one of your saved places • Active-hazard banners on Home so nothing important hides behind a tab Alert content updates when the app refreshes — Alert Ready remains Canada's official emergency push channel. Always follow local authorities.

Nearcast now adapts to the season — choose Wildfire, Winter, or Auto: • Winter mode: provincial road advisories and closures (DriveBC / 511), local rain–snow forecasts, and highway cameras • Evacuation notices (fire, flood, avalanche) stay visible year-round • Smarter alerts: wildfire notifications now focus on your saved places • New Canadian flag app mark, larger-text support, and reliability fixes Nearcast remains independent and unofficial — official warnings stay with Alert Ready and weather.gc.ca. Always follow local authorities.

• Clearer, more accurate wording around EmergencyInfoBC matches and Evacuation Mode (suggested heading only — not official routing) • Onboarding and place setup now better explain that Nearcast checks hazards when it refreshes and does not continuously track your GPS • Notification permission is only requested from in-app settings, not during background refresh • Ongoing polish for travel advisories and reliability