The City of Deltona announced a new emergency text alert system is now live and urged residents to sign up on the city's website.

"The City of Deltona is excited to announce that our new emergency text alert system is now live," the announcement said. The message listed weather alerts, road closures, boil-water notices and critical storm information as examples of updates the system will deliver and instructed residents to "visit deltonafl.gov and click the emergency text alert button at the top." The city added, "We wanna help you stay connected and ready."

No fee, enrollment deadline or data-privacy details were provided in the announcement; the city directed residents to the website for sign-up instructions.