A worldwide Android smartphone-based earthquake detection and early warning system can detect seismic activity in real time.

Google’s Android Earthquake Alerts program is a globe-spanning earthquake early-warning system that uses billions of phone sensors to detect seismic shaking and alert those at risk ...

A flood warning system deemed too costly by the Texas county where last week’s rains killed at least 27 kiddie campers might have given the victims a fighting chance to get out of harm’s way ...

Google's earthquake early-warning system has used phone accelerometers on Android devices to increase quake alerts by tenfold across 98 countries.

Petition demands new storm warning system in flood-ravaged Texas Hill Country "No more excuses," says the creator of a petition seeking a new early warning siren system for floods, tornadoes and ...

Only days after intense rain flooded out streets and homes on the South and Southwest sides of Chicago, the city plans to launch a new high-tech system to warn people about flash flooding.