“Here’s the other side of the coin, and here’s fundamentally why it’s so important—” Blinken began to say as the national emergency alert test began to ring on phones. Blinken followed ...

But the early emergency test broadcast did give people a few extra minutes to crack jokes that they turned into zombies thanks to the alert activating latent virus particles hidden in the COVID-19 ...

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued the alert at roughly 2: ... the interruption sparked jokes and laughter amid a Senate GOP news ...

The text will read, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System ... And of course the jokes flowed: If the alarm was slightly disruptive, it’s for good reason: The ...

County officials announced Friday they are overhauling their emergency alert system after residents across the Los Angeles area continued to receive erroneous emergency alerts that urged them to ...

Genasys, a leading provider of emergency alert software, had a tempting pitch for California counties looking for a seamless way to send evacuations orders with a click of a button. Lured by a ...

As the storms move in, your phone may sound an emergency alert, warning you of the approaching danger. But how do these potentially lifesaving weather alerts work, and what should you do if you ...