Get ready to not freak out. 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 ...

Don't panic when your phones, TVs and radios are hit with an emergency message from FEMA and the FCC today. Corinne Reichert (she/her) grew up in Sydney, Australia and moved to California in 2019. She ...

Your electronic devices may have alarmed you on Wednesday — and there's a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system started broadcasting just before 2:20 p.m. EDT to ...

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In early September 2023, readers asked Snopes for confirmation of reports they had seen online claiming that a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) ...

Your cellphone will blare Wednesday afternoon to alert you of a national emergency – but don't worry, it's only a test. The Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Communications Commission ...

The U.S. government will be conducting a nationwide emergency alert drill Wednesday at around 2:20 p.m. E.T., which will send a message to cell phones, radios, and televisions around the country. The ...

Americans around the country will see their phones light up Wednesday, at about 2:20 p.m. ET, as part of a nationwide test of emergency alert systems. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...

This afternoon, your phone is going to blare at you with a loud, grating tone, twice. It's a test of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System by FEMA and the FCC, intended to immediately alert ...