This year’s Fourth of July was the first time that the town of Comfort, Texas, used the sirens intended to warn its roughly 2,000 residents of imminent flooding. Founded by German abolitionists in ...

A crisis communication expert says everyday notifications are weakening the impact of life-saving emergency alerts.

While sirens can help in areas with shaky cell service, experts say officials also need to consider alert fatigue and provide ...

Having reliable, loud, and timely emergency alerts on your phone or device is important because when severe weather strikes, ...

Mobile phones in the UK will be sent an emergency alert as the government tests the nationwide system for the second time.

It's the middle of severe weather season in Ohio, meaning more storms are likely still to come. Here's how the state will let ...

The first Amber Alert program started in 1996, when Dallas-Ft. Worth radio and television stations banded together to use the federal Emergency Alert System to quickly broadcast news of child ...

Amber Alerts are issued when a specific set of requirements are met in a missing child case. If you receive an Amber Alert on your phone, your TV or see one on a highway sign, here's what to do.

Texas, where the 1996 incident that inspired the Amber Alert occurred, continues to get the most alerts. Toronto Star via Getty Images As of Dec. 31, 2023, the Amber Alert system has contributed ...