That starts a 30-month window for participating wireless providers, such as AT&T and Verizon, to update wireless emergency alerts in the 13 most common spoken languages in the U.S. (Spanish, Chinese, ...

Los Angeles' chief auditor and accountant says the city's mass emergency notification system is not fully accessible because its messages are limited to mostly English. Latest U.S.

Spanish-speaking residents in San Luis Obispo County may struggle to understand emergency information distributed locally during emergencies. The county’s emergency communication system ...

As of now, wireless emergency alerts only go out in Spanish and English. Yet, nearly 68 million Americans speak another language other than English at home , according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

However, people who speak a language other than English and Spanish may not have understood what was happening. Photo by Chris Delmas - AFP Two years ago, the Federal Communications Commission ...