Get ready, it's coming. On Wednesday, Oct. 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET/11:20 a.m. PT, your cellphone, radio or TV will blare a jarring electronic noise that signals a test of the nationwide Emergency Alert ...

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) ...

Your electronic devices may have alarmed you on Wednesday — and there's a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system started broadcasting just before 2:20 p.m. EDT to ...

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) ...

CLAIM: An emergency broadcast system test on Oct. 4 will send a signal to cell phones nationwide in order to activate nanoparticles such as graphene oxide that have been introduced into people’s ...

As required by law, the Federal Emergency Management Agency will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts at 2:20 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on Oct. 4.

(NEXSTAR) – A nationwide test of the country’s Emergency Alert System Wednesday went out to TVs, radios and phones – at least most phones. The test was a joint effort by the Federal Emergency ...

Things could get loud around 2:20 p.m. ET on Oct. 4 as FEMA tests Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) and the Emergency Alert System (EAS) on phones, TVs, and radio. Our team tests, rates, and reviews ...

In the event of any emergency, the Emergency Alert System is used to communicate critical information to the public in a short amount of time, normally this is used for severe weather situations, ...

A nationwide test of emergency alert systems is scheduled for early October. Although it is only a routine test of systems designed to inform the public about incoming threats, the alerts can still be ...

Is the test a test? Conspiracy theorists are flooding social networks ahead of the Federal Emergency Management Agency testing its blaring Emergency Alert System and Wireless Emergency Alerts on ...