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The alert just before 11 a.m. warned that "a tsunami with damaging waves and powerful current is possible." But about an hour later, the alert was canceled . It felt to some like emergency whiplash.
After getting the software in 2021, Riverside County ran Genasys ALERT “side-by-side” with its old system for about one year, sending real alerts through the old system and then simulating ...
Cellphones in the coast regions of Northern California and Southern Oregon rang out with an “Emergency Alert” at 10:51 a.m. PST. Tsunami warning issued for California, Oregon coasts after 7.0 ...
[11] [12] [13] California refers to their system as the California Earthquake Early Warning System. On March 11, 2021, a statewide alert distribution system was rolled out in Oregon. [14] Rollout of the alert system for the West Coast was completed when a statewide alert distribution system went live in Washington on May 4, 2021. [15] [16] [17]
The Mobile Emergency Alert System (M-EAS) is an information distribution system that utilizes existing digital television spectrum and towers to provide information in emergency situations using rich media. The system can push text, web pages, and video to compatible equipment, such as mobile DTV devices.
Cellphones, TVs and radios across the U.S. simultaneously blared out an emergency alert today. Here's what to know and why it happened.
As the storm approached, the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention, which normally issues alerts concerning wildfires in the state, was warning residents about the dangers of flooding.
Mandatory evacuation orders are still in place. As of 11 a.m. local time Monday, all areas under evacuation orders and warnings are placed on a curfew from 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. local time, according ...