The Federal Emergency Management Agency will be testing its Wireless Emergency Alerts, or WEA, and Emergency Alert System, or EAS, nationwide today at 2:20 p.m., according to an Oct. 3 press release.

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The Emergency Alert System (EAS) will also be used to send test messages to TV and radio stations. However, the Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) will not be utilized during this exercise.

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