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) ...

Things could get loud around 2:20 p.m. ET on Oct. 4 as FEMA tests Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on phones, TVs, and radio. The Federal Emergency Management ...

Get ready, it's coming. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT, your cellphone, radio or TV will blare a jarring electronic noise that signals a test of the nationwide Emergency Alert ...

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 ...

A nationwide test of emergency alert systems is scheduled for early October. Although it is only a routine test of systems designed to inform the public about incoming threats, the alerts can still be ...

On Oct. 4, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency ...

Don’t worry. This is a test. It is only a test. On Wednesday, Oct. 4, Americans will see their phones light up and hear it make a noise or vibrate following a nationwide test of emergency alert ...

(NEXSTAR) – A nationwide test of the country’s Emergency Alert System Wednesday went out to TVs, radios and phones – at least most phones. The test was a joint effort by the Federal Emergency ...

Get ready for an alert on your cellphones, televisions and radios on Wednesday. At 2:20 p.m, the federal government will test its nationwide Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts. The ...

DES MOINES, Iowa - Phones, TVs and radios will all will sound off for a test of the Emergency Alert System Wednesday at 1:20 p.m. CT. Federal officials want to make sure the national system would work ...