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 ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Many neighbors in Great Neck and Broad Bay have told 13News Now they knew when to take cover Sunday night because of wireless emergency service alerts that pinged on their ...

Authorities came under fire when it was suggested there were no warnings of the flash floods in Texas, which resulted in at least 120 lives being lost, with many more people still missing. In fact, ...

The Federal Communications Commission proposed several measures at its monthly meeting on Thursday to bolster the effectiveness of Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) throughout the United States.

If you hear a screeching alert go off on your cell phone – and everyone else’s cell phone – this Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. Central Time, don’t panic.The federal government said it will conduct on ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- As wildfires tore through Southern California earlier this year, wireless emergency alerts provided critical, life-saving information. But for many in immigrant communities, ...

The FCC, in the words of soon-to-depart Chairwoman Jessica Rosenworcel, has taken “a major step forward” in expanding multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts in response to public feedback. As such, ...