Prepare yourselves – this weekend is when 87 million phones will vibrate, play a loud noise and generally be a massive nuisance as the government sets off an alert. It is the second nationwide test of ...

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for public input as it takes a fresh look at the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), two critical tools for ...

The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a city-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Friday, September 5 at 11 a.m. as part of the Integrated Public ...

The Consumer Technology Association told the Federal Communications Commission last week that it believes the current Emergency Alert System is highly effective and, if expanded, could create more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The next notification on your phone might be one you wouldn’t expect: a shark alert. A new state law ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A cybersecurity incident appears to have caused a nationwide outage of an emergency notification system called “CodeRED.” The CodeRED notification system is just one of several ...

HOUSTON — The City of Houston is gearing up to test its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system across the metro area this Friday, Sept. 5, at 11 a.m. Residents with WEA-capable phones (most modern ...

Shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, phones across Los Angeles County lighted up with an emergency alert test, the latest example of challenges that government officials are experiencing with wireless ...

Oakland County officials and Madison Heights police are hearing from angry residents after emergency alerts were sent multiple times after a missing 6-year-old boy who was found Sunday night. Madison ...