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This is the wireless emergency alert (WEA) system in action. Rarely used, the system takes advantage of smartphone technology to push urgent alerts out to the public quickly.

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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.