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New System Means Weather Warnings on Smartphones
New System Means Weather Warnings on Smartphones
New System Means Weather Warnings on Smartphones
Coming soon to your smartphone, automatic severe weather alerts that don't require a special app or text-message setting. Anyone with a newer smartphone, or an older one with an updated operating system, should start this week to get "weather emergency alerts" automatically courtesy the National Weather Service and Department of Homeland Security.