The National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) announced that emergency alert sounds on mobile phones will be adjusted during nighttime hours. According to the authority, the ...

WASHINGTON—The Federal Communications Commission has updated its rules to provide alert originators with the flexibility to send silent Wireless Emergency Alerts, which the agency said would better ...

Millions across England and Wales received a wildfire alert on their phones earlier this month, but it partly backfired.

Wireless emergency alerts for flash floods are only sent for "considerable" or "catastrophic" events, not base warnings. Residents can check their phone's notification settings to ensure government ...

Hello. As a typhoon approaches, I believe that in some regions, emergency alerts have already been sent to smartphones. In such a situation, have you ever had the experience where the smartphones of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. L.A. County had only recently gotten its emergency alert system when fires erupted across the area. Genasys, a leading provider of ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — Cellphone users across the state received a test emergency alert, but the Hawaiʻi Emergency Management Agency said that a live emergency alert went out to some users during the test ...

HONOLULU (KHON2) — March 31 marks the debut of the City and County of Honolulu’s new mass notification system entitled “HNL Alert,” as a part of the city’s Emergency Operations Center. According to ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Multnomah County will test its Wireless Emergency Alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million cell phones across the metro area, including ...

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 ...