The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is conducting the test to check whether the Emergency Alert System ... the cell phone alert to be “accompanied by a unique tone and vibration ...

Brace yourselves: your cell phone will play another sudden, loud alarm at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national test of its alert system through all ...

“THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” FEMA said the message will read in English or Spanish, depending on language settings on the ...

The UK conducted its first test of a new emergency alert service on Sunday, with millions of mobile phones emitting a loud alarm and vibrating. The national system, modelled on similar schemes in ...

As part of the third-ever nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alerts system, all cell phones received a text notification with a “unique tone and vibration,” according to the Federal ...

“THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” FEMA said the message will read in English or Spanish, depending on language settings on the ...