• Also under “Government Alerts,” tap “Emergency Alerts.” For older phones, this will simply turn Emergency Alerts ON. For ...

During the catastrophic flash flooding in Texas, many residents were asleep just after 4 a.m. when the National Weather Service in Austin sent out a flash flood emergency bulletin. "This is a FLASH ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Blawnox officials have signed on to a new messaging system to send emergency alerts and other announcements to residents. The borough recently switched from Rave Mobile Safety to CivicPlus for mass ...

Ten minutes before the test starts, those subscribed to VCU Alert emergency texts and emails will get a message stating that ...

OREM, Utah — Last week’s of shooting of conservative political activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University (UVU) has sparked significant criticism over the school’s emergency alert system, which ...