Being the paranoid person that I am and not enjoying the thought of everything being crammed onto one information pipeline i.e. the Internet, which is susceptible to hackers/viruses/IT incompetance & now the corporations fighting the concept of Net Neutrality , I recommend something like this to help make sure one has (near) constant access to emergency news:
AM/FM weather band radio
or this much smaller Sony, which has TV sound too.
AM/FM weather band radio
or this much smaller Sony, which has TV sound too.