The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones will be tested for the second time on Sunday 7 September. The alerts are designed for situations ...

In the event of severe weather, natural disasters, and other emergencies, receiving accurate information from official sources in a timely manner can be life-saving. Your smartphone can alert you to ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Cellphone users across the state received a test emergency alert, but the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency said that a live emergency alert went out to some users during the test ...

Explainer: Brace yourself - your phone will make itself heard on Sunday night. The annual national test of the emergency mobile alert system is scheduled for between 6-7pm. That distinctive buzzing ...

Emergency alerts go out to every phone in the area — no need to sign up, according to the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Al Drago / AP Ever wondered how your phone knows to buzz with an ...

Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted to require that wireless emergency alerts reach people in 13 languages and American Sign Language. Those are the alerts people ...

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Jul. 17—Startled from your bed just after midnight by a piercing alert? No, it wasn't a lost child or an imminent flood, though you might be forgiven for thinking it was. Many residents of Bernalillo ...

Emergency alerts hit millions of phones during the storm. Nov. 1, 2012 — -- During the worst of Hurricane Sandy, just moments before the storm was about to make landfall, many in the affected ...

A mobile app emergency notification system providing information on incidents in Weld County was taken offline for unknown reasons this week, but 911 operations were not affected by the outage, the ...