Zoe Dadian's front yard became a front line when the remnants of Hurricane Helene caused catastrophic flooding in her community of Swannanoa, North Carolina. "It's just like a horror show, just ...

The historical record has shown that natural disasters, human-caused incidents, and technological emergencies across the U.S. are increasing in frequency, intensity, and complexity. These disasters ...

If you think you’re receiving more emergency notifications on your mobile phone, television, or radio, you’re not imagining it. Tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings in the Philadelphia area have ...

A neighborhood burned to the ground by the Camp Fire in Paradise, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Daniel Torok) The Wildland Urban Interface (WUI) refers to the rapidly growing areas of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — There’s no shortage of emergency alerts going out to residents in Central Texas, but a new system is hoping to make it easier for the city of Austin to send out alerts. Earlier this ...

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GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Emergency Alert System test hit my phone at 2:18 p.m., but it didn't hit my TV until 2:22 p.m. The FEMA information had a timeline of any time between 2:20 p.m. and 2:50 p.m.

Update 3/21: Monday’s Required Weekly Test (RWT) from the Federal Emergency Management Agency was not sent out to radio stations. FEMA told EAS stakeholders in an email Tuesday morning it is currently ...

If you’ve been car shopping lately, or even if you’ve just been paying attention to the news, you’ll probably be at least somewhat familiar with the kerfuffle over AM radio. The idea is that in these ...

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