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 test will include the outdoor siren system and is part of routine maintenance and training for the campus community.

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 ...

ADA COUNTY, Idaho — Ada County will conduct a comprehensive test of its emergency notification systems Monday evening, sending alerts to residents in the Barber Valley area as part of a coordinated ...

Denver’s outdoor warning sirens will sound for three minutes on Wednesday morning as officials test the city’s emergency ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (WITN) - East Carolina University will be testing its emergency notification system across campus today. ECU will conduct a full test between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. today on the school’s ...

LIHUE — The Kauai Emergency Management Agency (KEMA) is advising the public of a planned test of the Wireless Emergency Notification System (WENS) at 5:30 p.m. today. This test supports ongoing ...