WASHINGTON -- This is why you may have gotten a notification from the White House on Wednesday. The government tested a new national alert system that would let presidents send out emergency messages ...

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 Santa Barbara County Office of Emergency Management will conduct a test of the county’s ReadySBC Alerts emergency notification system across all of Santa Barbara County, 10 a.m. Thursday, May 15.

Department of Telecommunications and National Disaster Management Authority are conducting a nationwide drill of the Cell Broadcast Alert System. Test alerts—loud beeps/vibrations and messages in ...

OAKVILLE, Ontario, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- A test of Canada’s national emergency alert system, Alert Ready, will take place on Wednesday, May 6, 2026 across most provinces and territories as ...

Canadians in participating provinces and territories can expect a test alert on their television, radio, and compatible wireless devices this week.