FEMA tests wireless emergency alert system

<p>Millions of Americans received an emergency alert on their mobile phones Wednesday as FEMA tested its wireless alert system.</p>

News 12 Staff

Oct 3, 2018, 10:59 AM

Updated 2,260 days ago

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Millions of Americans received an emergency alert on their mobile phones Wednesday as FEMA tested its wireless alert system.
The alerts went out at 2:18 p.m. EDT.
FEMA says that the goal of the system is to allow the president of the United States to be able to reach the country during a national emergency.
The test was initially set for Sept. 20, but postponed in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence.