A 10-second siren will sound on millions of UK mobile phones this year as part of a test of the government's emergency alert ...

Many people have reacted to an emergency alert ordered by the Government which went off at 6pm to tell people of the dangers ...

The first live use of the system came in February 2024 when residents in Plymouth were evacuated after the discovery of an ...

Despite upgrades to wireless alerts system, emergency warnings were often ineffective when most needed during the Los Angeles ...

According to the Government website, the message that will pop up on smartphones during the alert will read as follows: 'This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will ...

The Emergency Alert system will send a message to every compatible mobile phone in the areas at most risk, containing information about the weather warnings and guidance on how to stay safe.

The sound and vibration will last for around ten seconds and will be sent to all phones in the areas at most risk at 6pm on ...

The Emergency Alert System (EAS ... to it but to find somewhere safe and legal to stop before reading the message. "If there’s nowhere safe and legal to stop, and nobody else is in the ...

The UK’s emergency alert system has been deployed during Storm Eowyn. Millions of people received text messages amid ‘danger to life’ conditions. The system was launched in 2023 and has been ...