Rare Weather Alert Prompts Travel Warning, Opening of Emergency Shelter

High avalanche risk prompted National Weather Service (NWS) meteorologists to issue a rare weather warning in Juneau, Alaska, ...
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Lexington upgrades emergency alert system with new customization features

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - Fayette County residents now have more control over their emergency notifications after officials upgraded to a new alert system Monday morning. LEXALERTS, operated by ...
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Rare weather alert triggers travel chaos and emergency shelters

When a rare winter alert is issued, it is no longer a niche concern for forecasters and first responders. It is a signal that ...
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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 ...
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‘CodeRED’ emergency alert system impacted by cybersecurity breach; emergency alerts will still reach SC residents

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A cybersecurity incident appears to have caused a nationwide outage of an emergency notification system called “CodeRED.” The CodeRED notification system is just one of several ...