A 12-year-old girl disappeared from her south Minneapolis neighborhood on Saturday. Police sent out a citywide emergency alert three days later — just hours before she was found safe at a friend’s ...

The sound of an emergency alert would have been a help for some residents but could have endangered others, city officials ...

Phones across the country will receive a text this weekend as part of one of the "biggest public safety exercises" in UK history. It will see tens of millions of mobile phones vibrate and emit siren ...

You’ve probably had it happen before: Three loud beeps followed by a long, high-pitched sound delivered to your mobile phone to alert you to severe weather or another emergency near you. These jolting ...

The Michigan House has passed legislation that would create a “Silver Alert” cell phone notification system for missing seniors and vulnerable adults and expand the state’s Amber Alert system to ...

Thirteen months ago, a wildfire ripped through the homes of Sonoma County residents in the early-morning hours and killed 24 people who were unable to evacuate in time. County officials were later ...

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — Multnomah County will test its Wireless Emergency Alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million cell phones across the metro area, including ...