Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a city-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) ...

New Yorkers had a jarring experience with the Wireless Emergency Alert system Monday morning. At 7:56 a.m. ET, phones went off throughout the greater New York City area to convey information about the ...

The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) uses cell phone tower technology to send emergency texts to phones ...

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 City of Stillwater will implement a new instant notification system to better alert the community ahead of emergency situations like the March 2025 wildfires. City Council voted to approve an ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - Multnomah County is planning to send a test alert for its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Thursday afternoon. The county says the alert will go to the cell ...

Jan. 29—Telephone-based mass notification systems are used by thousands of public safety agencies across the U.S. to warn residents about local emergencies, hazards and other threats. Dixon officials ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency ...

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office rolled out new emergency alert system to reach residents during life-threatening ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — People in the Portland metro area might have received an emergency alert test message on Thursday afternoon. Multnomah County planned to send a rare test of its wireless ...