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An emergency government phone alert warning of wildfires across England and Wales put domestic abuse victims at risk, campaigners have told the BBC.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Twenty-six minutes after midnight, the air raid alert rang, soon followed by a red dot glitching across the map on a screen in front of him.

From Barron's ● Aug. 16, 2026

The alert came after a spate of wildfires including one that destroyed 19 homes in Stourbridge, West Midlands, on Thursday.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

"Even a small flame can rapidly develop into a major wildfire placing lives, homes, businesses and emergency responders at risk," the alert said.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

Dad was relaxed before, but now his posture is stiff and on high alert.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold

Women's Aid, the national charity aiming to end domestic abuse, is calling for more forewarning of alerts wherever possible.

From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026

Conservative Senedd member for Pen-y-bont Bro Morgannwg, Andrew RT Davies, also called for changes to future emergency alerts sent to people living in Wales.

From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026

At a certain point, the alerts begin to blur together.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

A drone flying toward the Lithuanian capital Vilnius the following day prompted air-raid alerts in the city.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026

“I set my glasses to receive media alerts about us. We must’ve made the news again.”

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas

The FAA review found that an air-traffic controller alerted Marine One about the American Airlines jet, which was taking off for Pensacola, Fla., but didn’t notify the plane’s pilots of the helicopter.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026

“We proactively alerted law enforcement to the situation to help get the individual support,” the statement said, adding that the platform banned Hilton’s account.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026

The AMN said it was alerted to Strong getting into difficulties in the water off the Atlantic coast in southern Portugal at 11.33 BST on Monday.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

"When platforms are alerted to terrorist content, they must act," she told a press conference in Sydney.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

Their presence in Africa would astonish us, if the presence of Indonesian people on Madagascar had not already alerted us to Africa’s prehistoric Asian connection.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

As a result, cells displayed fewer signals capable of alerting T cells to cancer-related or viral proteins.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 3, 2026

Meta Platforms Inc. is alerting thousands of employees that they’re being laid off, part of a previously announced restructuring aimed at reducing costs while the company invests heavily in artificial intelligence.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 6, 2026

The carriages’ union blamed the Central Park Conservancy for not alerting them to the potential health hazard for the horses.

From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026

But it wasn’t a simple matter of alerting management.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

In early July he persuaded Albert Einstein to put his name to a letter alerting the president of the United States to the threat.

From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik