The Consumer Technology Association told the Federal Communications Commission last week that it believes the current Emergency Alert System is highly effective and, if expanded, could create more ...

Several broadcast technology developers say they can offer the FCC solutions that would push EAS beyond its current limits and possibly reshape emergency alerting in the United States. The FCC is in ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — U.S. Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) has helped reintroduce a bill to Congress that would “modernize weather radio equipment,” seeking to improve the reliability of communication ...

When a deadly landslide tore through part of Wrangell, Alaska, in 2023, there was only one place people there could go for information. "We're on an island, and there's one road, and everybody that ...

South Carolina’s network of tornado sirens is shrinking as aging systems are phased out by modern alert methods. Spartanburg ...

Britons are being urged to “keep their cool” ahead of a nationwide test of the emergency alert system today, which will see a message to mobile phones across the UK. It will mark the second test of ...

Oregon has two emergency alert systems. One is automatic, the other is opt-in. It’s good to have both. Multnomah County tested its emergency alert system Thursday. Oregon has two systems, OR Alert and ...

Ada County will conduct a comprehensive test of its emergency notification systems Monday evening, sending alerts to residents in the Barber Valley area as part of a coordinated exercise with local ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Fayette County residents now have more control over their emergency notifications after officials upgraded to a new alert system Monday morning. LEXALERTS, operated by ...

Without congressionally approved funding, public media stations say communities will be left with aging infrastructure amid growing risks from extreme weather. When a deadly landslide tore through ...