On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. EDT, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency alert. It's a test ...

If you don't, it's safe to come out of your bunker. The federal government conducted a nationwide test of its Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system on Wednesday afternoon, sending messages to all ...

Today was the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which sent a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation. Starting at approximately 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday ...

A nationwide emergency alert test scheduled for Wednesday may feel as if it's coming from everywhere. The test, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications ...

When the emergency alert system test was rolled out in 2023 ... leading to a flood of memes on social media. One user jested that it had 'scared the s**t out of me'. Several others complained ...

Cellphones all over the country rang out an emergency alarm Wednesday afternoon as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's national emergency alert test. FEMA, along with the Federal ...

It's a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System by FEMA and the FCC, intended to immediately alert every American over TV, radio and cellphone in the event of a national crisis.

As the storms move in, your phone may sound an emergency alert, warning you of the approaching danger. But how do these potentially lifesaving weather alerts work, and what should you do if you ...

At 3 PM British Summer Time in the United Kingdom, the government has sent out a test text message for the Emergency Alert system. This system sends critical alert notifications to smartphones.