Multnomah County will test its Wireless Emergency Alert system Thursday at 2 p.m., sending notifications to up to 1 million cell phones across the metro area, including devices in neighboring counties ...

By Nicholas Dawson, Finance Reporter based in London, covering personal finance with a focus on the state pension and retirement planning.

Wireless Emergency Alerts are messages that are sent to your phone by authorized government agencies, like the National Weather Center, and local public safety departments.

A test of the Multnomah County wireless emergency alert system is set to reach nearly a million residents and visitors in the region Thursday. Multnomah County will send an emergency test alert ...

The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones will be tested for the second time this Sunday, 7 September. The alerts are designed for situations where there is an imminent danger ...

Some people will have manually opted out of the alerts – Isabelle Younane, head of external affairs at Women’s Aid, previously told HuffPost UK that “an emergency alert could risk an abuser ...

An emergency alarm test is set to clash with Sunday matinee performances later this week. Mobile phones in the UK that are turned on will experience 10 seconds of sound and vibration at 3pm BST on 7 ...

The government will send out an emergency alert to millions of people across the UK on Sunday, September 7 - but how exactly does it work and how did they get your number?