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 ...

Android Wireless Emergency Alerts now include a map. The map shows the affected area and your location. Not all alerts override volume settings unless you choose to do so. Android users just got a ...

If you live in areas expected to get hit with rain, heavy wind or flooding, it’s important to have Emergency Alerts enabled on your phone. Even if you are safe from the recent weather system, you only ...

NEW ORLEANS — In your Breakdown: How to make sure Wireless Emergency Alerts on your phone are turned on. WEA alerts will sound on all phones in a specific area. They’re sent by authorized government ...

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 ...

VAN BUREN COUNTY, Mich. (WSBT) — Three counties in Southwest Michigan will test their Emergency Alert Systems at 10:50 a.m. Wednesday. Allegan, Berrien, and Van Buren counties will be testing the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This emergency alert was issued to cell phones after a Milwaukee County sheriff's deputy was shot multiple times early Wednesday.

Arlington officials say they will be ready to send emergency warnings to cell phones using the nation’s most far-reaching ...