Users can tag themselves as "safe," as well as friends they know in the affected area, if they have had contact with them.

Click here to access the Facebook "safety check."

This will allow for loved ones around the world to check on the safety of anyone they know in the city.

The feature was first introduced in November during the deadly terror attacks in Paris.

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Austin Walters died from an overdose in 2021 after taking a Xanax pill laced with fentanyl, his father said. A new law named after Austin and aimed at preventing deaths from fentanyl has resulted in its first convictions in Georgia, prosecutors said. (Family photo)

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