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 ...

The test involved two types of alerts: wireless emergency alerts (WEA) on your phone, and the emergency ... FEMA’s Integrated Public Alert and Warning System (IPAWS), an internet-based system ...

At around 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT on Wednesday, Oct. 4, cell towers will begin broadcasting an emergency alert for 30 minutes. If your phone is in range of a cell tower, you'll get a message ...

warning and emergency. Here's what each one means: If you want to receive tornado alerts, and other emergency alerts, on your phone, here is how to set it up: Wireless Emergency Alerts Check with ...

Plans are in place for a national test of the UK-wide "Armageddon alert". Millions of phones will emit a siren and vibrate for up to 10 seconds to deliver the warning, in a simulation of what ...

A siren-like warning alert will be sent to mobile phones and tablets across the UK on 23 April as part of a test for a new government warning system designed to alert the public to life ...

Phones across Wales and the south-west made a loud siren-like sound, even if they were on silent (Picture: Ben Stansall/AFP) Around three million people have been sent a warning alert on their ...