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Watch Duty, the fire tracking app used by millions, expands to help monitor dangerous floods

The nonprofit app now pulls weather modeling and federal data to deliver vetted flood alerts, evacuation orders and multilingual updates to users nationwide.

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Watch Duty, a free cellphone app that tracks fires, became a vital tool for millions during the 2025 LA fires.

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Watch Duty, the fire-tracking app used by millions, expands to help monitor dangerous floods

Watch Duty, a free app that tracks fires, became a vital tool during the 2025 LA fires. Now it's expanding to help monitor floods.

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Watch Duty, the fire tracking app used by millions, expands to help monitor dangerous floods

Watch Duty, a free cellphone app that tracks fires, became a vital tool for millions during the 2025 LA fires.

·New York, United States
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KPBS broke the news on Monday, June 22, 2026.
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