The Corporation for Public Broadcasting will no longer administer a grant program that has so far provided millions of dollars to local television and radio stations to upgrade the equipment they use ...

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 ...

Smartphones have become one of the fastest and most reliable ways to deliver critical information to people during emergencies. Recognising this, governments across the world have introduced Wireless ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the catastrophic flash flooding in Texas, many residents were asleep just after 4 a.m. when the National Weather Service in ...

The Government of India on Saturday launched a nationwide Cell Broadcast System (CBS), a significant upgrade to the country's disaster warning and emergency communication infrastructure, aimed at ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For many, the chaos and uncertainty around evacuations and alerts compounded the ...

5 EYEWITNESS NEWS watched in real-time on Tuesday as the Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office tested a new alert system using an existing emergency notification software called “Everbridge.” The “*** TEST ...

MARSHALL, Texas — The City of Marshall will join jurisdictions across the state Thursday for a large-scale test of emergency alerting systems. The drill, coordinated by the Texas Division of Emergency ...