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 ...

You may have had your cell phone sound the alarm for a Silver Alert, Amber Alert or for tornado warnings. These warnings on your phone are triggered by the Wireless Emergency Alert system. The ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you have Emergency Alerts enabled on your phone? Two levee breaks following historic flooding in Washington have prompted a ...

A test of the Multnomah County wireless emergency alert system is set to reach nearly a million residents and visitors in the region Thursday. Multnomah County will send an emergency test alert ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. To put it simply, a loud beep from a cell phone can compromise someone's hiding spot. The city decided against sending a statewide ...

HOUSTON – Don’t be alarmed, but 2.3 million residents’ cell phones received an emergency alert from the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system in Houston on Friday, according to the City of Houston ...