The FCC is upgrading the Wireless Emergency Alert system to make sure critical warnings reach everyone quickly and reliably. New updates include support for 13 languages, including ASL, better ...

The FCC studied data from the Integrated Public Alert and Warning System from 2022 to identify the most common alerts. The National Weather Service recommended two templates for tornados and two ...

Emergency evacuation alerts have gone off the rails, pinging people seemingly at random. Experts say that such errors can sow ...

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

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

The fine and decree follow an FCC investigation into allegations that various operations owned by Paramount improperly transmitted Emergency Alert System (EAS) codes, the EAS attention signal or ...

Verizon has "contained" impacts from the Salt Typhoon hack, allegedly perpetrated by a hacking group backed by the Chinese ...

States are filling the gap to help locate more missing people as families advocate for government agencies to add more alert codes beyond the national Amber Alert system. The Federal ...

Thirteen years after its introduction, the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system—touted by the FCC as an “essential part of America’s emergency preparedness”—still suffers from performance anxiety.

Los Angeles County has had two failures of its emergency ... the FCC, the state and our region's telecommunications providers, and we've made the preliminary determination that the echo alerts ...