You’ve probably had it happen before: Three loud beeps followed by a long, high-pitched sound delivered to your mobile phone to alert you to severe weather or another emergency near you. These jolting ...

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A nationwide test of the Cell Broadcast emergency alert system will be conducted today (Tuesday) at 2pm, with residents being ...

WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

The sound of an emergency alert would have been a help for some residents but could have endangered others, city officials say.

Multnomah County will test its Wireless Emergency Alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million cell phones across the metro area, including devices in neighboring counties ...

The Scott County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) is conducting a countywide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system for cell phones on January 10 at 1 p.m. The TEST ensures that public ...

Providence residents got no automatic alerts after the Brown shooting, raising concerns about local warning systems.

HOUSTON — What are you doing at around 11 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 5? If you’re in the Houston area, your phone will go off with an emergency alert. According to the Houston Office of Emergency ...