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Governor Hogan Announces Statewide Efforts to Prepare for Heavy Snowfall, Adverse Conditions; Marylanders Urged to Exercise Caution

Up to 18 Inches of Snowfall Anticipated in Northern, Western Counties Travel Will Be “Difficult to Impossible” For Many Marylanders ANNAPOLIS, MD—Governor Larry Hogan today announced that the State of Maryland has activated a government-wide response to prepare for heavy snowfall and other severe conditions anticipated on Wednesday and Thursday. A winter storm warning is in effect in Allegany, Baltimore, Carroll, Frederick,...

Wolf Administration to Use Wireless Emergency Alert System for COVID-19 Messaging

The Wolf Administration will begin using the national Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) system to provide important public messages about the COVID-19 pandemic. WEA is a national public safety system that allows customers who own compatible mobile devices to receive geographically targeted, text-like messages alerting them of imminent threats to safety in their area. The WEA system is commonly used to...

Test of emergency public alert system expected today across Canada, CRTC says

OTTAWA — Most people across Canada can expect an interruption today by an emergency public alert that will be broadcast on television, radio and sent to mobile devices as part of a countrywide test of the system. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission says all provinces and territories, except Nunavut, will get the alerts, but people will not be required...

UPDATED: Amber Alert canceled after abducted child found in Denver

ST. GEORGE — The Cedar City Police Department issued an Amber Alert for a non-family abduction of a 5-month-old. An emergency alert was sent out early Saturday morning and the child was found later. Updated Nov. 7, 2020, 3 p.m.: The abducted child has been located and in Denver. Four-month-old Peyton Everett Caraballo-Winston was located at Denver International Airport along with...