Daviess County residents will soon have access to a phone application that will greatly enhance the county’s ability to directly communicate information in emergency situations. During its meeting ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents in Knox County now have a new way to receive critical information during emergencies. Knox County Emergency Management ...

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 ...

A ProPublica investigation found that in at least 15 major US disasters since 2016, local officials in the hardest-hit areas failed to send timely alerts over the federal Integrated Public Alert and ...

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 ...

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 ...

MIDLAND, Texas — The Integrated Public Alert and Warning System or IPAWS, created in 2006 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, is an emergency response system that allows cities and counties to send ...

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.