The Times of Houma/Thibodaux

Officials urge residents to enroll in parish emergency alert systems

Emergency alerts can deliver critical information directly to your phone when conditions change quickly. Here’s how ...

Emergency alerts to include American Sign Language and 13 additional languages as part of order expanding cellphone alerts

Wireless Emergency Alerts — a national public warning system commonly used by state and local authorities to deliver important information about severe weather, natural disasters, or missing persons ...
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Public Safety During Severe Weather and Other Disasters Could Be Improved With Better Alert Systems and Improved Understanding of Social and Behavioral Factors

WASHINGTON – Our ability to observe and predict severe weather events and other disasters has improved markedly over recent decades, yet this progress does not always translate into similar advances ...
Fox2Now St. Louis

Automated warning system is ready, but some siren failures persist

ST. LOUIS – May’s tornado exposed flaws in the emergency notification system, some of which still present problems. Six months after the deadly storm, there is both good news and bad news to report ...