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 ...

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 ...

The test, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications Commission, is scheduled for 2:20 p.m. EDT and will involve all agencies who are part of the Emergency Alert ...

FEMA and FCC plan nationwide emergency alert test Oct. 4 00:41. Your electronic devices may have alarmed you on Wednesday — and there's a reason for that.

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.

The national test consists of two parts, which occur in conjunction with one another, in order to test the Emergency Alert System and the Wireless Emergency Alerts, according to FEMA.

The nationwide test of the emergency and wireless alert systems is expected to last 30 minutes and will send alerts to cellphones, TVs and radios.

Cellphones, TVs and radios across the United States will sound off on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023, as the FCC and FEMA conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency ...

You can block all WEAs, whether they are test messages or actual emergency alerts. To turn off the test notifications, dial *5005*25370# and to turn them back on, dial *5005*25371#. Also, you can ...

Contrary to what the text might lead you to believe, it’s not actually a message from President Trump. Rather, it’s the first time that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is testing its ...

Individuals in the central time zone can expect the wireless emergency alert test to show up on their phone at 1:18 p.m. or shortly thereafter on Oct. 3.