You will hear these words twice this month, with the first time being Wednesday at about 11:20 a.m. A nationwide broadcast of the National Emergency Alert Test will be conducted by FEMA and the ...

The United States Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Communications Commission announced their joint plan to conduct a nationwide test of its Emergency Alert System (EAS) and its Wireless ...

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If you hear a screeching alert go off on your cell phone – and everyone else's cell phone – this Wednesday at 2:20 p.m., don't panic. The federal government said it will conduct on Wednesday afternoon ...

Another reason you may not have gotten the alert was that your phone was off at the time, on airplane mode or not within the range of an active cell tower at the time. According to FEMA, the national ...

POCATELLO, Idaho (KIFI) – FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) ...

Cellphones all over the country rang out an emergency alarm Wednesday afternoon as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency's national emergency alert test. FEMA, along with the Federal ...

Get ready for a little chaos on Wednesday afternoon, because a test of the national Wireless Emergency Alerts will happen between 2:20 and 2:50 p.m. EDT. (That’s 11:20 to 11:50 a.m. on the West Coast.