HOUSTON — The City of Houston is gearing up to test its Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system across the metro area this Friday, Sept. 5, at 11 a.m. Residents with WEA-capable phones (most modern ...

WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a city-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system on Friday, September 5 at 11 a.m. as part of the Integrated Public ...

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 ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The City of Austin is becoming a FEMA-approved Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS) Alerting Authority. The new system gives the city more capabilities to alert ...

The alert was sent as part of a planned test of the university’s emergency notification system, according to a post on a university X account. Guy Rogers III SMU A campus alert warning of an active ...

Residents in the Houston jurisdiction will receive an alert on their phone as the City of Houston Office of Emergency Management conducts a Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) test on Friday. According to ...