Myriad problems have plagued Los Angeles County’s alert system as wildfires torch America’s most populous county. But the ...

On the afternoon of Jan. 9, nearly 10 million people across Los Angeles County received a warning that they were in danger.

County officials are urging residents to take proactive steps to ensure they receive evacuation orders during emergencies.

It's the home stretch for the family of a man, who went missing more than a year ago, to gather the last signatures for a petition supporting the use of cellphone emergency ... alert was sent via ...

For wireless emergency alerts, a local agency sends an urgent ... which send the emergency warning to specific cell phone towers in affected areas. The problem: Residents don’t get notified ...

A late-night emergency alert woke up most of Wake County around ... that would’ve sent text messages to people’s cell phones, and again when Cary residents were left in the dark for more ...

A cell phone worker is in critical condition after coming into contact with a high-voltage wire at the top of a cell tower in ...

Kevin McGowan, director of L.A. County's Office of Emergency Management, said that the problem was caused by a software system glitch.

This article was originally published on The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Disclosure information is available on the ...

American Red Cross Disaster Program Manager for the Eastern South Dakota Chapter, Rob Reuland explained that supplies to ...

If there’s an emergency in Highlands Ranch ... every phone in a geographic area using cell phone towers. This operates more like an Amber Alert and does not require a sign-up process.

Residents can get alerts on their phones for weather, road closures, water main breaks and other time-sensitive announcements ...