Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ALFRED, Maine — If there were big trouble on the coast – flooding, widespread road damage, bridges swamped, a stubborn ...

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 ...

(TNS) — 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 ...

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 ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The Minnesota Department of Transportation has a new way of alerting drivers whenever certain highways or interstates close because of poor weather conditions or significant crashes.

Three counties in Southwest Michigan will test their Emergency Alert Systems at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday. Allegan, Berrien, and Van Buren counties will be testing the wireless emergency alerts. This is ...

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 ...

ALFRED, Maine — If there were big trouble on the coast – flooding, widespread road damage, bridges swamped, a stubborn uncontrolled fire in northern York County that threatens life and limb – the ...

This emergency evacuation alert was sent Jan. 9 to a wide area of Los Angeles, including people not close to wildfire zones. (Kirby Lee / Getty Images) When the federal government in 2012 launched ...

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 ...