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 ...

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 ...

The sound of an emergency alert would have been a help for some residents but could have endangered others, city officials ...

The government tested “emergency alerts” on millions of phones across the UK yesterday (September 7). The sound, which rang out at 3pm, was the second-ever trial of the government programme. Some ...

An emergency alarm test is set to clash with Sunday matinee performances later this week. Mobile phones in the UK that are turned on will experience 10 seconds of sound and vibration at 3pm BST on 7 ...

The National Weather Service announced a new category of "Destructive" Severe Thunderstorm Warning that now triggers wireless Emergency Alerts on mobile phones. Severe thunderstorms can be life ...

A test of the Multnomah County wireless emergency alert system is set to reach nearly a million residents and visitors in the region Thursday. Multnomah County will send an emergency test alert ...

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 ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Metro residents were startled awake to a puzzling alert in the middle of the night, and it wasn’t an Amber Alert or a weather emergency. While it might have seemed like a ...