The US Government has confirmed that there is no way to protect the all citizens from a nuclear blast and urged people to “run into the nearest building” in the event of an attack.
The lack of secure protection follows an admission from New York City officials that the ‘fallout shelters’ sign-posted on nearly every street “have been inactive for decades”.
Officials have not built new bomb shelters since the Cold War, despite concern that US tensions with North Korea may spill over into all-out nuclear war.
The Cold War-era shelters across New York City no longer work – but thousands remain sign-posted around the city.
According to locals interviewed for a report on RT, all residents pointed to these shelters when asked for their plan in case of a strike from Kim Jong-Un’s regime.
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Federal officials have recently announced plans to remove these signs due to their “misleading nature” but have not designated any up-to-date shelters to replace them.
They claimed that the sign removal was to ensure there was “no confusion in the event of an actual attack”.
Late last year, the North Korean leadership claimed that their rockets were now powerful enough to hit Washington DC and New York City.
Eliot Calhoun, NYC Emergency Management, said: “Most folks, when they think about a nuclear blast, they think about where they need to go.
“The first things they see are those shelter signs sprinkled around the city but those have been inactive for decades.
“Best sheltering advice is to go into a nearby building and either go towards its centre or the basement.”
Richard Hernandez, a local resident, told RT: “The public would definitely be confused. Someone should say something or put something out there, to either desginate a new safe place or tell us where not to go!”
Another local, Melody Gulliver, added: “It’s absolutely terrible, that could happen soon with everything going on. They need to find a solution.”