With all the flooding happening in the Yakima Valley you need to know when evacuation alerts are issued and when an emergency may be close to your home or business.

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Even if your home isn't impacted by natural disasters like floods and fires you'll want to know what's going on when an emergency happens. The reason why you need to sign up for Alert Yakima, a special service provided by Yakima Valley Emergency Management.

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MANY HAVE BEEN SIGNED UP FOR YEARS

Management officials say thousands of people are already a part of the service that sends important alerts via cell phone, home phone, email, text messaging, fax, pager or PDA. The management website says " Citizens listed in the County’s white pages land

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