Your wireless carrier may offer you the option of blocking some Wireless Emergency Alerts — like Amber Alerts— in your phone settings, says FEMA. However, that doesn’t apply to National Alerts, which ...

Staying to protect your home or stick it out is a deadly ... when either order happens. Every second counts during a disaster, so you should sign up for your area’s emergency alert systems.

To ensure you can receive these warnings via your phone ... sign up for the most up-to-date alerts as of August 2024. The list only includes information for California counties’ primary ...

For those instances when you can’t take your phone out of your pocket or bag, or need to call quietly, Apple has made it possible to do so. First, open Settings, then scroll down to Emergency SOS.

Millions of people across the country received the first-ever nationwide test of the government’s new emergency alert system today. While the alert was scheduled to go out at 3pm, many mobile ...

If you want to try the service out for ... like a regular phone, Apple worked with emergency dispatchers to create a form that gathers the essential information they need in order to respond.

As the storms move in, your phone may sound an emergency alert ... and flash flooding when there is a high threat of damage. No sign-up is required to receive WEA. The alerts are automatically ...

By Mike BakerSergio Olmos and Eileen Sullivan As fire was billowing through residential neighborhoods in the Hawaii town of Lahaina last month, emergency managers for Maui County sent out an ...