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 ...

announced Monday it has entered an agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency to use Wireless Emergency Alerts through the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System, FEMA's national ...

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 ...

This emergency evacuation alert was sent Jan. 9 to a wide area of Los Angeles, including people not close to wildfire zones. (Kirby Lee / Getty Images) When the federal government in 2012 launched ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - As severe weather season ramps up, it is as important as ever to make sure you have more than one way to receive severe weather alerts. One of the easiest ways is right on your ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Most people in Charlotte received at least five wireless emergency alerts on Thursday because of the flash flooding impacts from Tropical Strom Debby Debby. A wireless emergency ...

If your cell phone makes an annoying sound don't worry it might not be a bad thing. Many mobile devices are now able to receive wireless emergency alerts. They're like text messages and they inform ...

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 ...

System still has a few kinks to be worked out, but it has been put to use several times. There are a few kinks to be ironed out, but, overall, the Wireless Emergency Notification System has been a ...