Emergency evacuation alerts have gone off the rails, pinging people seemingly at random. Experts say that such errors can sow ...

Kevin McGowan, director of L.A. County's Office of Emergency Management, said that the problem was caused by a software ...

Wake County residents got a late-night surprise Monday when an emergency alert intended for Zebulon residents accidentally ...

Only cell phones opted into the Wireless Emergency Alert system will receive the test this Saturday, Jan. 4, at 1 p.m.

L.A.'s top emergency management official says he "can’t express how sorry" he is that residents keep getting false and ...

The shelter-in-place order was issued out of an abundance of caution, according to Lavoie. That's because the plume, which ...

Officials in Los Angeles apologized for a set of erroneous alert messages that were sent to residents telling them to ...

The California Highway Patrol has issued a stark warning to parents about the rising trend of scammers using the fear of ...

Emergency officials in Los Angeles County are investigating why an emergency alert was sent to millions of people by mistake.

Helicopter aerial view of the Santa Monica Pier and the smoke from the Palisades fire on Saturday. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) Los Angeles County's top emergency manager said Saturday the ...

The FCC is upgrading the Wireless Emergency Alert system to make sure critical warnings reach everyone quickly and reliably. New updates include support for 13 languages, including ASL, better ...