When the federal government in 2012 launched Wireless Emergency Alerts — a new system that allowed officials to send loud, screeching alarms to cellphones across a large area — many local emergency ...

Authorities came under fire when it was suggested there were no warnings of the flash floods in Texas, which resulted in at least 120 lives being lost, with many more people still missing. In fact, ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The City of Richmond has announced that it will begin sending wireless emergency alerts for boil water advisories following late-May’s advisory and subsequent concerns from ...

An emergency alert sent out in error on Jan. 9 urged millions of people in Los Angeles County to evacuate. (Kirby Lee / Getty Images) Local members of Congress ...

HOUSTON – Don’t be alarmed, but 2.3 million residents’ cell phones received an emergency alert from the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system in Houston on Friday, according to the City of Houston ...