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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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Austin becoming FEMA-approved emergency alert authority, planning 1st test alert

Editor’s note: The above video is from previous, related coverage that was first reported on KXAN on August 26, 2025. AUSTIN (KXAN) — Austinites will receive a test emergency alert on Monday, Sept. 29 ...