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 ...

Cellphones these days are for everything, and one of their most important functions has become emergency alert systems. Cellphone alerts are far from foolproof, though, as we experienced during ...

The Alert FM system will continue for rural parts of Butte County, particularly those facing high-wildfire risk, with a ...

Cell phones across Houston will ping with an Amber Alert-style warning at 11 a.m. Friday as city officials test the emergency messaging system. "This (wireless emergency alert) message would be for a ...

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