The Emergency Alert System — which was formerly the Emergency Broadcast System — is a mechanism for warning the public about imminent threats. State and local authorities may use it to deliver ...

This means that your iPhone will sound off with an emergency alert at around 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT. FEMA is required to conduct these national tests of the Public Alert and Warning System at ...

An emergency alert will be sent to your mobile phone on October 4 — but you don't need to worry about it. Here's why this is happening.

Emergency alert to be sent to millions of UK phones in government test - Alerts may be sounded because of severe flooding, ...

In the U.S., the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) works with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on the Integrated Public Alert & Warning System (IPAWS). IPAWS is used to alert ...

All major U.S. wireless providers that participate in the emergency alert system transmitted the national test to their customers. If your phone didn’t go off, it may simply be because it was ...

Since its launch in 2012, the (Wireless Emergency Alerts) system has been used more than 84,000 times to warn the public about dangerous weather, missing children, and other critical situations ...

Cell phones blared to life at 4:45 a.m. in Florida with a test of the emergency alert system. People took to Twitter to voice their frustration.

How to block the emergency alert test. The cellular broadcast system will send out emergency alerts starting at 2:20 p.m. ET for a duration of 30 minutes.