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Why the Evacuation Alert System Struggled During the L.A. Fires
Residents who lived in the west side of Altadena did not receive an evacuation order until 3:25 a.m., which was hours after ...
L.A. County’s evacuation alert system broke down during fires. It’s part of a larger problem
Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...
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Multilingual Wireless Emergency Alerts OK’d
The multilingual Wireless Emergency Alert templates we announce today ... such as hurricane, tornado, and earthquake warnings, in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Italian ...
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Fires, earthquakes, extreme weather: Here’s what you need to know to get prepared
The last month of 2024 came with a tsunami warning. Now the first two weeks of 2025 have arrived with convoys of local firefighters deploying to Los Angeles, an earthquake shaking the North County and ...
A ‘dangerously unacceptable breakdown’ led to errant or delayed evacuation warnings in LA. The rest of the US isn’t immune
Myriad problems have plagued Los Angeles County’s alert system as wildfires torch America’s most populous county. But the ...
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Fires, earthquakes, extreme weather: Here’s what you need to know to be prepared
The last month of 2024 came with a tsunami warning. Now the first weeks of 2025 have arrived with convoys of local ...