Almost five million Britons will receive an Emergency Alert on their phones this evening in the largest real-life use of the system in its history. A statement from the Cabinet Office confirms that ...

On Thursday, the Government sent an emergency alert to some 4.5 million people ahead of the arrival of Storm Éowyn - but some ...

Over a million people received an emergency alert to their mobile phones tonight as Storm Eowyn, a potentially destructive Red Alert storm, approaches Ireland.

The sound and vibration will last for around ten seconds and will be sent to all phones in the areas at most risk at 6pm on ...

The nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts through mobile phones, will be tested later this year. The EAS causes phones and tablets to vibrate, read the alert aloud and emit a ...

According to a preliminary assessment, the false echo alerts that continued to go out on Friday occurred as cell towers ... one person via phone to two other people. “These emergency alerts ...

The county's director of emergency management said the cell phone alerts have already saved lives by getting people to evacuate. However, for about 10 million people, a couple of those alerts also ...

A 10-second siren will sound on millions of UK mobile phones this year as part of a test of the government's emergency alert system. The alert, for which a date hasn't yet been revealed, was announced ...