CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (WBOY) — If an alarm blares on your phone the first week of October, don’t worry – it might just be a test. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and Federal Communications ...

If an alarm blares on your phone the first week of October, don’t worry – it might just be a test. Federal Emergency Management Agency and Federal Communications Commission said they will conduct a ...

FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission, will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts this fall. The national test will consist ...

At about 1:20 p.m. Central Time today, the U.S. government will send a test message to almost all cellphones, televisions and radios in the country. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is working ...

Americans around the country will see their phones light up Wednesday, at about 2:20 p.m. ET, as part of a nationwide test of emergency alert systems. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) ...

The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is preparing to test its Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA). On Wednesday, Oct. 4, between 2:20 p.m. and 2:50 ...

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) ...