A national alert test is seen on a cellphone on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. The government conducted its once-every-three-years nationwide test of the emergency alert system on Wednesday.

An emergency alert is displayed on a cellphone, Oct. 30, 2020, in Rio Rancho, N.M. The nationwide emergency alert test is scheduled to begin around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday and last for 30 minutes.

The nationwide testing of the emergency alert, which could be used to warn people about danger nearby in the future, is ...

“This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System, issued by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, covering the United States from 14:20 to 14:50 hours ET. This is only a test. No ...

FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alert system on Oct. 4, 2023, by sending messages to every cell phone, TV ...

"There you go," she said as reporters waited for their phones to quiet so the briefing could continue. "It works." The alert was the first Nationwide Emergency Alert Test since 2018.It was ...

Mobile phones in the UK will be sent an emergency alert as the government tests the nationwide system for the second time.

Wednesday's test will be the seventh nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System. "Six previous tests were conducted over the years between November 2011 and August 2021," CBS News reported.

The Oct. 4 test message is expected to state, “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert system. No action is needed.” We instead suggest that action is, in fact, urgently needed ...

The alert was part of the Nationwide Emergency Alert Test, and yes, it was just a test and not an actual emergency. The alert was sent out at approximately 2:20 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Oct. 4, and ...

A nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS) test will be conducted Wednesday and radios, televisions and certain cellphones will be alerted. The test, which is being run by the Federal Emergency ...

WASHINGTON >> The Latest on the first nationwide emergency alert test on cell phones, that took place today (all times local): 2:45 p.m. Electronic devices sounded off across the United States ...