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The government tested “emergency alerts” on millions of phones across the UK yesterday (September 7). The sound, which rang out at 3pm, was the second-ever trial of the government programme. Some ...

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.

Your phone could go off on Monday as severe storms move through the St. Louis region. Here’s how these warnings work and what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An emergency alert test message from South Pasadena was accidentally sent to an estimated 10 million mobile phones across Los ...