Drivers who listen to TuneIn will now receive real-time alerts, including extreme weather warnings and other emergencies.
Failure to alert: Local officials can tap a federal warning system to send targeted alerts with evacuation orders and other actions. Many don’t use it. Lack of access: To use the system, local ...
This wildfire season has been well above average in New Brunswick, leaving residents worried. Some municipalities have deployed their own alert systems to help keep people up to date on local fires.
It is vital for residents in Alpena County to receive quick and accurate information about potentially dangerous situations, ...
Following the deadly 2016 Chimney Tops wildfire, local leaders implemented new systems to warn residents of future disasters. A federal survey found 84% of residents received no official warning ...
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Local Officials Have a Powerful Tool to Warn Residents of Emergencies. They Don’t Always Use It.
ProPublica has identified at least 15 major disasters since 2016 in which officials in the most-harmed communities failed to use a federal system to send emergency alerts to residents — or waited ...
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