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 ...

After the devastating Texas flooding earlier this month and with hurricane season well underway, it's more urgent than ever to make sure your phone can alert you -- loudly and clearly -- when danger ...

Whether it’s tornadoes, flash floods, hurricanes or just bad storms, inclement weather is an ever-present danger no matter where you live. But gone are the days when you had to be glued to the TV to ...

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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Starting Friday, Aug. 1, the Lucas County Emergency Management Agency will begin monthly testing of its Wireless Emergency Alerts system. The tests will be sent at noon on the first ...

The Scott County Emergency Management Agency (EMA) will conduct a county-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) ...

Used for Amber alerts, natural disasters, and every other critical warning in between, the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system has gotten a nice shot in the arm from the Federal Communications ...

SAN ANTONIO — A little over a week after the July Fourth floods that devastated the Texas Hill Country, killing more than 100 people in the Kerr County area alone, another round of potentially intense ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

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 ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Some New York City residents should be on the lookout for emergency test alerts Sept. 18, the Department of Emergency Management announced Wednesday. The 12 p.m. alerts to New ...

MONTICELLO, Minn. — Over more than a half-century of operating the Monticello and Prairie Island nuclear plants, Xcel Energy has never experienced an emergency dire enough to trigger immediate ...