As the Conservative minister who launched the UK's emergency alert system, Oliver Dowden was more than familiar with the loud bleeping sound coming from his phone earlier this month. What took him by ...

Andy Burnham's Government is told emergency alerts should be reserved for genuine crises after barbecue and fireworks ...

The government on Saturday launched the ‘Cell Broadcast Messaging System’ under which a loud siren-like sound echoed through multiple mobile phones. The beep sounded for 10 seconds before you had to ...

Hello. As a typhoon approaches, I believe that in some regions, emergency alerts have already been sent to smartphones. In such a situation, have you ever had the experience where the smartphones of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A woman holds a phone in this file photo. (Mireya Acierto/Getty Images) The Texas Division of Emergency Management will be sending ...

At noon on September 19th, my iPhone suddenly sounded an emergency alert.The screen displayed a large "Alerta Máxima". Since this means "Maximum Alert" in Spanish, I briefly wondered, "Did something ...