If you live in areas expected to get hit with rain, heavy wind or flooding, it’s important to have Emergency Alerts enabled on your phone. Even if you are safe from the recent weather system, you only ...

Multnomah County will test its Wireless Emergency Alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million cell phones across the metro area, including devices in neighboring counties ...

In the event of severe weather, natural disasters, and other emergencies, receiving accurate information from official sources in a timely manner can be life-saving. Your smartphone can alert you to ...

NEW ORLEANS — In your Breakdown: How to make sure Wireless Emergency Alerts on your phone are turned on. WEA alerts will sound on all phones in a specific area. They’re sent by authorized government ...

Central Texas is still reeling from those devastating floods that claimed more than 100 lives and left dozens missing. Torrential rains caused the Guadalupe River to rise nearly 30 feet in under an ...

Even if your phone is on silent or set to “Do Not Disturb,” emergency weather alerts can still break through — and that’s a good thing. As severe storms grow more frequent and unpredictable, keeping ...

You’ve probably had it happen before: Three loud beeps followed by a long, high-pitched sound delivered to your mobile phone to alert you to severe weather or another emergency near you. These jolting ...

Around 87,000,000 mobile phones across Scotland and the UK will receive the warning this weekend. The UK Government will be testing their Emergency Alert System (EAS) for the second time this week.