The U.S. House passed the Mystic Alerts Act, a bipartisan bill that would expand the nation's emergency alert system by ...

UNITED STATES (CBS) — Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there’s a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m.

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

L.A. County Supervisor Lindsey Horvath said in a statement, “This drill is an important step to help Topanga residents act ...

A coordinated live test of public alerting systems will take place across several counties Wednesday at 10:50 a.m. Residents can expect a test message being sent to their phones using the Wireless ...