SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be buzzing phones, TVs and radios Wednesday with its first nationwide test of alert systems since 2019. In coordination with the ...

When there’s an emergency in your area, the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system is a critical tool for government officials to alert the general public of imminent threats. It can be used to notify ...

In a move that city and state officials hope will save lives, the Federal Communications Commission this week published a long-delayed order mandating the expansion of cellphone emergency alerts to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a city-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) ...

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The next notification on your phone might be one you wouldn’t expect: a shark alert. A new state law now requires Alabama emergency officials to administer a wireless ...

GCI has joined other carriers across the U.S. in the wireless emergency alert system, the company said Thursday. The alerts — used during emergencies and targeted geographically — will automatically ...

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LIHUE (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Kaua‘i Emergency Management Agency (KEMA) is advising the public of a planned test of the Wireless Emergency Notification System (WENS) at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 26. This ...