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 alert. It's a test ...

Photo from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. The WEA alert will be broadcast across all mobile cell phones across the country and will sound a tone and vibration "similar to when your phone ...

A nationwide emergency alert test scheduled for Wednesday may feel as if it's coming from everywhere. The test, led by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Federal Communications ...

The early morning alert was a test but the outrage was real. Many in Florida were woken up at 4:45 a.m. on Thursday by a notification on their phones from the Emergency Alert System ...