The system Is set up so that federal, state, or local officials can get a message out. they send their message to IPAWS, and the message is validated to make sure it is real. The alert is then ...

Two federal agencies are teaming up to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts system at 12:20 p.m. Mountain Daylight Time on Wednesday.

Residents say Kerr County's use of CodeRED alerts was sporadic and inconsistent. Local officials have not answered questions about when and how they utilized the system, which has been in place ...

In more than a dozen major disasters since 2016, officials failed to use the federal Integrated Public Alert and Warning System.

Federal law also requires national emergency alerts to go to everyone, meaning users can’t opt out like they could with an Amber Alert or a message from a local government.

The City of Houston will send a citywide emergency alert test to WEA-capable phones on Friday at 11 a.m. No action is ...