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.

The government is urging some people to opt-out of the Emergency Alert test 🚨 An Emergency Alert test is set to take place this weekend. Millions of phones will receive the message on September 7.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The City of Houston Office of Emergency Management (OEM) will conduct a city-wide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) – The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be buzzing phones, TVs and radios Wednesday with its first nationwide test of alert systems since 2019. In coordination with the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A wireless emergency alert Tuesday sent by South Pasadena went to a much larger area than intended. (Grace Toohey / Los Angeles ...

Shortly before 6 p.m. Tuesday, phones across Los Angeles County lighted up with an emergency alert test, the latest example of challenges that government officials are experiencing with wireless ...

Editor’s note: The above video is from previous, related coverage that was first reported on KXAN on August 26, 2025. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites will receive a test emergency alert on Monday, Sept. 29 ...