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The FCC will review emergency alert systems in the US
Both the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts will be subject to a "re-examination" by the agency.
The FCC review will also assess what entities should be able to send alerts on those systems, as well as topics such as geographic targeting and security. The role of emergency communication systems came under recent scrutiny after catastrophic flooding in central Texas earlier this summer that led to more than 130 deaths. Questions arose in the aftermath of whether residents in potentially dangerous areas received enough warning to evacuate, as well as if recent federal cuts to the National Weather Service's staff and budget could have contributed to the high death toll.
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