Thousands of people received an emergency notification on their phones Saturday telling them to take shelter. Many of them were not meant to get it.

The National Emergency Management Agency says it will look into reports of apparent inconsistencies in how people received the latest emergency alerts.

On Tuesday, Warren County EMA said an investigation into the alert has shown that the error 'was human-caused.' ...

A mistake by a state emergency operations center worker inadvertently sent emergency alert test messages to cellphones across ...

Yet, the audio and messages sent later with CodeRED indicate a system was functional. Kerrville Mayor Joe Herring Jr. told the Texas Tribune that he received an alert on his phone from the CodeRED ...

How to sign up for the new alert system It's pretty simple — all you'll need to do is text 333111 with your county or borough name without the word county or any spaces or punctuation marks. If ...

On Jan. 13 2018, Hawaii residents were issued a false ballistic missile alert, which sent some into panic mode. The alert was sent through the state’s emergency alert system after an ...

Lafayette residents can now sign up for a "modern" emergency alert notification system, officials say. Lafayette Consolidated Government and the Lafayette Parish Office of Homeland Security and ...

Emergency alert systems "constantly changing & evolving" When disasters strike, timing is everything -- from weather forecasts to warnings for those in the path of danger.