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Government Emergency Alert System Test 2025: Here's when your phone will sound a siren - and what it is used for

Around 87,000,000 mobile phones across Scotland and the UK will receive the warning this weekend. The UK Government will be testing their Emergency Alert System (EAS) for the second time this week.
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Don't panic: Emergency alert test will sound on Portland-area phones Thursday

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — 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 ...