The government strongly recommends that users enable devices to receive emergency alerts, but it is possible to opt out. This ...

The reason for the test is to make sure all systems are prepared in case a national emergency needs to be sent out to the public. It will be the second time that all cellular devices are tested.

Oct. 4—When you get an alert on your cell phone or TV on Wednesday afternoon, don't be alarmed: The Federal Emergency Management Agency is testing its emergency alert systems. FEMA is ...

UConn Alert, the emergency notification system at the University of Connecticut, will be undergoing a start-of-the-year test at approximately noon on Tuesday Sept. 9. All campuses and the UConn ...

Test alerts will go out to tens of millions of phones this weekend. But why has the government chosen a Sunday afternoon?

All major U.S. wireless providers participate in Wireless Emergency Alerts and will transmit the national test to their subscribers.