The summer rainy season in New Mexico usually brings daily alerts about the potential for flooding around the arid state.

Government warnings reach mobile devices through partnerships between FEMA, FCC and carriers like Verizon and AT&T, as shown ...

All 64 counties in Colorado have some version of a reverse 911 notification system, but many parts of the state don't have ...

A 2024 RAND report found Texas cellphone users opted out of wireless emergency alerts at the highest rate. Nearly 30% of Texans chose to turn off at least one kind of wireless alert, a choice ...

Go to Settings > Safety & Emergency > Wireless Emergency Alerts (location may vary slightly depending on your phone model). Turn on Allow Alerts, and make sure both Extreme Threats and Severe Threats ...

The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) announced that the intermittent outages with the Next-Generation 911 ...

Following the deadly floods in Texas, there has been much discussion about how various agencies send out alerts.

Wireless Emergency Alerts from Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T provide critical notifications during disasters like floods, broadcasting from cell towers without tracking location.

Wireless Emergency Alerts are sent by the National Weather Service and distributed by your mobile provider. WEA service is free and there's no signup required but you won't get an alert if the ...