Wireless Emergency Alerts are messages that are sent to your phone by authorized government agencies, like the National Weather Center, and local public safety departments.

P eople are being reminded to "not take action" over nuclear emergency text messages which could be sent to some residents on ...

These include Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEAs. These messages get broadcast through cellphone towers to phones in a specific geographic area. So, if you have a cellphone in a WEA alert boundary, ...

By Nicholas Dawson, Finance Reporter based in London, covering personal finance with a focus on the state pension and retirement planning.

St. Louis Park tested the Wireless Emergency Alert system on Wednesday, as informed by the city's Facebook page.

Cell phones across Houston will ping with an Amber Alert-style warning at 11 a.m. Friday as city officials test the emergency messaging system. "This (wireless emergency alert) message would be for a ...

A new alert system with an integrated database where residents can upload information that might aid in rescue, is live in ...

Sign up today: Many cities and counties send emergency alerts via text messages, but you can often only receive them if you ...

Some Wichita residents got a text alert Thursday warning them to stay indoors and to avoid the 21st and Tyler area.

Wanna shake things up some? You can experience a simulated 7.0 magnitude earthquake before the campus tests its WarnMe ...