Emergency: Severe Weather App
Alerts, Maps, Radar & Shelters
Free
4.9.1for iPhone, iPad
6.1
898 Ratings
American Red Cross
Developer
322.9 MB
Size
Apr 24, 2024
Update Date
#24
in Weather
4+
Age Rating
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About Emergency: Severe Weather App
Get the ultimate all-hazard app for weather safety with Emergency by the American Red Cross.
The best time to get ready is before a disaster happens. That's why Emergency features step-by-step guides to help you prepare for wildfires, earthquakes, severe weather, and much more. With a dynamic to-do list, you'll know what actions to take to get ready. And if a disaster impacts your location, you can easily find open Red Cross shelters with our interactive map.
Monitor severe weather and protect yourself and your loved ones with notifications, weather maps, and live updates. Receive NOAA weather alerts when you need them most. Emergency enables you to select which alerts are your highest priority and should override Do Not Disturb. Stay safe with the help of Emergency.
Emergency provides alerts for storms, wildfire weather, earthquakes, floods, and more. Get over 40 customizable NOAA weather alerts on your device. Choose how you would like to receive each alert for your home location, live location, and eight additional locations.
Enjoy a local weather app that's accessible and made for everyone. Emergency is free and available in both English and Spanish.
EMERGENCY FEATURES
EMERGENCY ALERTS
· NOAA weather alerts signal severe weather
· Get tornado warnings, storm alerts, flood alerts and more
· Customize alerts and notifications to your needs
NATURAL HAZARD MONITORING
· Stay safe during severe weather and natural hazards impacting your location
· Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and more – Emergency has you covered
· Monitor severe weather seamlessly and stay up to date with real-time alerts
LIVE STORM TRACKING
· Emergency tracks storms and severe weather at every moment
· Doppler radar keeps you up to date on storm and weather changes
MORE THAN JUST A WEATHER TRACKER
· Find open Red Cross shelters with our interactive map
· Step-by-step guides help you prepare
· See a wildfire risk map for your area and create a personalized wildfire plan
· Our free weather app works with your phone's accessibility features for a customized experience
· Emergency is available in both English and Spanish
Get the ultimate all-hazard app for you and your family. Download Emergency today for top weather safety features and severe weather monitoring when you need it.
The best time to get ready is before a disaster happens. That's why Emergency features step-by-step guides to help you prepare for wildfires, earthquakes, severe weather, and much more. With a dynamic to-do list, you'll know what actions to take to get ready. And if a disaster impacts your location, you can easily find open Red Cross shelters with our interactive map.
Monitor severe weather and protect yourself and your loved ones with notifications, weather maps, and live updates. Receive NOAA weather alerts when you need them most. Emergency enables you to select which alerts are your highest priority and should override Do Not Disturb. Stay safe with the help of Emergency.
Emergency provides alerts for storms, wildfire weather, earthquakes, floods, and more. Get over 40 customizable NOAA weather alerts on your device. Choose how you would like to receive each alert for your home location, live location, and eight additional locations.
Enjoy a local weather app that's accessible and made for everyone. Emergency is free and available in both English and Spanish.
EMERGENCY FEATURES
EMERGENCY ALERTS
· NOAA weather alerts signal severe weather
· Get tornado warnings, storm alerts, flood alerts and more
· Customize alerts and notifications to your needs
NATURAL HAZARD MONITORING
· Stay safe during severe weather and natural hazards impacting your location
· Earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, tornadoes, and more – Emergency has you covered
· Monitor severe weather seamlessly and stay up to date with real-time alerts
LIVE STORM TRACKING
· Emergency tracks storms and severe weather at every moment
· Doppler radar keeps you up to date on storm and weather changes
MORE THAN JUST A WEATHER TRACKER
· Find open Red Cross shelters with our interactive map
· Step-by-step guides help you prepare
· See a wildfire risk map for your area and create a personalized wildfire plan
· Our free weather app works with your phone's accessibility features for a customized experience
· Emergency is available in both English and Spanish
Get the ultimate all-hazard app for you and your family. Download Emergency today for top weather safety features and severe weather monitoring when you need it.
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What's New in the Latest Version 4.9.1
Last updated on Apr 24, 2024
Old Versions
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
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Version History
4.9.1
Apr 24, 2024
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.9
Feb 26, 2024
This release includes new tornado features to help you prepare. You can now
• See your state’s tornado risk
• Create a personalized tornado plan
• Practice tornado skills with games
• See your state’s tornado risk
• Create a personalized tornado plan
• Practice tornado skills with games
4.8.2
Dec 20, 2023
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.8.1
Dec 11, 2023
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.8
Oct 23, 2023
In this release, we simplified the app and added new features based on your feedback. You can now:
• Customize your radius and the alerts you receive for each location you monitor.
• Easily access your alert settings from the Locations tab and an active alert.
• See the air quality for each location you monitor with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index.
• Track active typhoons in the Maps tab.
• Customize your radius and the alerts you receive for each location you monitor.
• Easily access your alert settings from the Locations tab and an active alert.
• See the air quality for each location you monitor with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Air Quality Index.
• Track active typhoons in the Maps tab.
4.7.1
Sep 27, 2023
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.7
Aug 15, 2023
See your wildfire risk. Make a personalized plan to prepare for wildfires.
4.6.1
Jul 13, 2023
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.6
Jun 27, 2023
With this release, we focused on improvements to ensure everyone can view open Red Cross shelters.
Users can now toggle between a Map View or Shelter List View to see open Red Cross shelters. The Map View is on by default. A screen reader will recommend viewing open Red Cross shelters in the List View.
Users can now toggle between a Map View or Shelter List View to see open Red Cross shelters. The Map View is on by default. A screen reader will recommend viewing open Red Cross shelters in the List View.
4.5
Apr 13, 2023
• Improved signposting and tooltips to help you customize your alerts quickly.
• Tooltip that explains how monitored areas are calculated.
• NOAA cancelled alerts will no longer be received as a push notification but displayed as an in-app alert only.
• Changed the default radius to 1 mile to eliminate seemingly ‘duplicate’ alerts.
• Increase additional monitored locations to 8.
• Help you track your preparedness level by showing you how many prepare modules you completed as a percentage of those assigned to you.
• Tooltip that explains how monitored areas are calculated.
• NOAA cancelled alerts will no longer be received as a push notification but displayed as an in-app alert only.
• Changed the default radius to 1 mile to eliminate seemingly ‘duplicate’ alerts.
• Increase additional monitored locations to 8.
• Help you track your preparedness level by showing you how many prepare modules you completed as a percentage of those assigned to you.
4.4
Jan 9, 2023
• Improved signposting and tooltips to help you customize your alerts quickly.
• Tooltip that explains how monitored areas are calculated.
• NOAA canceled alerts will no longer be received as a push notification but displayed as an in-app alert only.
• Changed the default radius to 1 mile to eliminate seemingly ‘duplicate’ alerts.
• Increase additional monitored locations to 8.
• Help you track your preparedness level by showing you how many prepare modules you completed as a percentage of those assigned to you.
• Tooltip that explains how monitored areas are calculated.
• NOAA canceled alerts will no longer be received as a push notification but displayed as an in-app alert only.
• Changed the default radius to 1 mile to eliminate seemingly ‘duplicate’ alerts.
• Increase additional monitored locations to 8.
• Help you track your preparedness level by showing you how many prepare modules you completed as a percentage of those assigned to you.
4.3.2
Dec 5, 2022
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.3.1
Nov 29, 2022
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.1
Oct 17, 2022
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
4.0
May 18, 2022
Climate change is causing more extreme weather events. We rebuilt the Emergency app to help you prepare. It includes:
• 40 different customizable emergency alerts.
• Step-by-step guides to help you prepare.
• An accessible experience.
• An improved user experience for Spanish speakers with an easy-to-find language toggle and weather alerts in Spanish.
• An improved interactive map.
• 40 different customizable emergency alerts.
• Step-by-step guides to help you prepare.
• An accessible experience.
• An improved user experience for Spanish speakers with an easy-to-find language toggle and weather alerts in Spanish.
• An improved interactive map.
3.16.1
Feb 1, 2022
We are always making improvements. In this release, we have improved the speed of alerts. And, allow you to enable critical alerts.
3.16.0
Nov 16, 2021
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
3.15.4
Oct 4, 2021
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes.
3.15.3
May 19, 2021
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes
3.15.2
Apr 30, 2021
In this latest release, we’ve updated the content on how to prepare for a Hurricane.
3.15.1
Apr 1, 2021
We’re always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have done some general maintenance and bug fixes
3.15.0
Mar 23, 2021
In this latest version of the app we have made some behind the scenes updates to support accessibility tools.
3.14.1
Feb 11, 2021
We're always making changes and improvements to the Emergency app. In this release, we have updated the snow measurement to show in feet and inches rather than miles as well as other general maintenance and bug fixes.
3.14.0
Nov 5, 2020
We've been working on our app to make sure we're optimized for the latest OS!
3.13.0
Sep 7, 2020
We've fixed some minor issues you may have been experiencing.
Emergency: Severe Weather App FAQ
Emergency: Severe Weather App is available in regions other than the following restricted countries:
Bhutan,Switzerland,United Kingdom,Tunisia,Tanzania,Vanuatu,Belize,Estonia,Egypt,Israel,Tonga,Vietnam,Russia,Chile,Colombia,Cyprus,Dominican Republic,Nicaragua,Norway,Anguilla,Australia,Benin,Botswana,France,New Zealand,Montenegro,Mauritius,Nauru,Oman,Chad,Zimbabwe,Guinea-bissau,Italy,Turkey,Argentina,Sri Lanka,Myanmar,Niger,Peru,Afghanistan,Romania,Sweden,Ecuador,Iraq,South Korea,Rwanda,Sao Tome & Principe,Hong Kong,Macao,Saudi Arabia,Slovenia,El Salvador,Mongolia,Nigeria,Antigua And Barbuda,Bolivia,Belarus,Grenada,Georgia,Latvia,Uganda,Uzbekistan,Azerbaijan,Germany,Kuwait,Lithuania,Malawi,Philippines,Albania,Kenya,Cayman Islands,Serbia,Tajikistan,Cote Divoire,Cameroon,Lebanon,Nepal,Portugal,Senegal,Austria,Bosnia & Herzegovina,Iceland,Yemen,Czech Republic,Indonesia,Jamaica,Turks and Caicos,St. Vincent & The Grenadines,British Virgin Islands,Armenia,Ukraine,United Arab Emirates,Kyrgyzstan,Guyana,Namibia,Papua New Guinea,Brunei Darussalam,Brazil,Ghana,St. Kitts and Nevis,Montserrat,Mexico,Greece,Guatemala,Libya,Pakistan,Thailand,Venezuela,Bermuda,Gabon,Honduras,Ireland,Luxembourg,Paraguay,Gambia,Hungary,Lao Peoples Democratic Republic,Madagascar,Mozambique,Panama,Barbados,Congo,Qatar,Slovakia,Taiwan,Bulgaria,Bahrain,Dominica,Cambodia,South Africa,Zambia,Burkina Faso,Spain,Angola,Denmark,Croatia,India,Solomon Islands,Turkmenistan,Micronesia,Kazakhstan,Moldova,Singapore,Kosovo,Malaysia,Netherlands,China,Costa Rica,Algeria,Jordan,St. Lucia,Liberia,Palau,Sierra Leone,Poland,Seychelles,Belgium,Canada,Congo, Democratic Republic,Japan,Morocco,Malta,Swaziland,Bahamas,Cape Verde,Mauritania,Trinidad and Tobago,Uruguay,Finland,Fiji,Macedonia,Mali,Maldives,Suriname
Emergency: Severe Weather App supports English
Click here to learn how to download Emergency: Severe Weather App in restricted country or region.
Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Emergency: Severe Weather App.
iPhone
Requires iOS 16.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 16.0 or later.
