UNITED STATES (CBS) — Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there’s a reason for that. A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m.

When there’s an emergency in your area, the Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) system is a critical tool for government officials to alert the general public of imminent threats. It can be used to notify ...

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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for public input as it takes a fresh look at the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA), two critical tools for ...

Association warns FCC that additional rules aren't necessary right now When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. The Consumer Technology ...

Denver will now require employees to receive additional approval before they can send wireless emergency alerts to residents.

Denver sent out a citywide alert when it didn't mean to three times in the past six months.

National Disaster Management Authority, working with the Department of Telecommunications, is running nationwide trials of a new Cell Broadcast alert system that can push real-time emergency warnings ...

South Pasadena accidentally sent an emergency alert test to phones across L.A. County, reaching residents in Long Beach, downtown L.A., Redondo Beach and beyond. The ...