One of the best features on the free AccuWeather app is its lightning maps and alert notifications. Chief Meteorologist Jon Porter demonstrates these features designed to keep you safe from lightning.

CT Alert is a statewide emergency notification system, alerting those who have signed up to the system via cell phone, email, or text message in times of public emergency. Credit: CT Alert This story ...

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

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 U.S. Coast Guard is making it easier for the public to become aware of what’s happening in the waters of Lake Erie. The Coast Guard has implemented a new system called "Aqua Alerts," which they ...

AUSTIN, Texas — There’s no shortage of emergency alerts going out to residents in Central Texas, but a new system is hoping to make it easier for the city of Austin to send out alerts. Earlier this ...