There was panic in the sky over America on Monday night as a twice-deported illegal immigrant told a planeload of passengers ...

Emergency phone alerts can warn people about serious dangers, but some warning scenarios are far more frightening than others ...

Kimmarie Johnson, a model who with a small role in Dude, Where’s My Car? and an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, died ...

Ukrainian and Russian emergency alert apps were hacked just hours apart, sending civilians false warnings of chemical and ...

Ukrainians received warnings of radiation, chemical attacks and street fighting. Hours later, Russian authorities reported a ...

Emergency warning apps in Russia and Ukraine were hacked overnight Sunday into Monday, according to authorities in both ...

The dueling accusations came just as a rare humanitarian ceasefire between the two sides ended, raising fears of intensified fighting.

Americans have been warned to prepare for an official emergency alert test that will blast on televisions and radios nationwide.

This story was produced by Grist and copublished with WIRED. It is part of Distorted, a Grist series exploring the spread of misinformation in the wake of extreme weather, and is published with ...

The people of Japan received a jarring emergency alert at 12:40 p.m. local time Friday (overnight Thursday-Friday in the U.S.) warning of a 9.9-magnitude earthquake, a measurement never recorded in ...

This Thursday, Oct. 15, is the worldwide Great ShakeOut earthquake and tsunami drill. More than 1.5 million in Washington have already registered to participate in this annual drill. Have you ...