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New SMS Alerts Will Warn You If Floods Are Coming
According to state media, this new location-based SMS alert initiative was launched to warn residents in flood-prone zones ...
Why Disaster Alerts Keep Failing
These are failures of technology—messages sent but not received, or messages received by the wrong people. But they are also ...
Historic rainfall leads to deadly flooding in New Mexico: a timeline of emergency alerts
Three people died in flooding Tuesday as New Mexico's Rio Ruidoso's banks swelled amid the summer rainy season. The village ...
Preparing for watches, warnings and evacuation alerts
With all the watches, warnings and evacuation notices that can go out during a flash flood or other natural disaster, the ...
Deadly Texas floods raise questions about emergency alerts and whether staffing cuts affected forecasts and warnings
The first weather emergency alert sent by the National Weather Service with urgent language instructing people to "seek ...
How mobile weather alerts work to provide critical information during natural disasters
Government warnings reach mobile devices through partnerships between FEMA, FCC and carriers like Verizon and AT&T, as shown ...
Emergency phone alerts: Texans debate when officials should activate
While there was resounding pushback over the state's historical use of the alert system, some users provided alternatives for ...
Texas flood alerts were delayed as officials waited for authorization, former Kerr County official says
Recordings provided to CBS News showed first responders asking for an emergency alert to be sent, but dispatchers delayed ...