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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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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 ...
InMenlo10d
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 ...
Los Angeles Times18d
Faulty evacuation alerts woke Angelenos in a panic. What’s wrong with L.A.’s emergency system?
McGowan said his top priority is understanding the cause of the faulty wireless emergency alerts — and fixing the problem. The mistakereveals the technical and administrative challenges of ...
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Scott County Emergency Management Agency to test Wireless Emergency Alert system
The test is intended to ensure public safety officials have the methods and systems in place to deliver urgent alerts and warnings to the public during an emergency or disaster. Periodic testing ...
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 ...