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) ...

Everybody remain calm; it's just a test! This Wednesday, Oct. 4, the United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will send notifications to ...

An emergency alert will sound at 2:20pm E.T. as part of a nationwide test. Reporter The U.S. government will be conducting a nationwide emergency alert drill Wednesday at around 2:20 p.m. E.T., which ...