After the devastating Texas flooding earlier this month and with hurricane season well underway, it's more urgent than ever to make sure your phone can alert you -- loudly and clearly -- when danger ...

Get ready to hear a piercingly unpleasant noise this Sunday, as all around the country, 87 million phones vibrate with a government alert. It is the second nationwide test of a warning system, telling ...

Cell phones across Houston will ping with an Amber Alert-style warning at 11 a.m. Friday as city officials test the emergency messaging system. "This (wireless emergency alert) message would be for a ...

In the event of a disaster, a mobile phone may be the first to alert someone. With Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEAs), customers of telecommunications companies including Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T ...

For years now, Campus Safety has emphasized the critical nature of emergency notification systems. Whether the threat is an active shooter, a hazardous materials incident, or severe weather, rapid ...

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 ...

When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. "We're on an island, and there's one road, and everybody that ...

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

The Tewksbury Police Department is rolling out a new mass notification system after its previous alert platform, CodeRED by ...