Explainer: How do emergency phone alerts work, and why should we pay attention?
New Zealand tested emergency alerts Sunday; 66 issued in 12 months (25% increase) via cell broadcast geotargeting. Variable reception due to network conditions and device factors indicates mobile infrastructure gaps as extreme weather events intensify.
Be ready for your phone to go off on Sunday night.
Explainer: Looking forward to a quiet Sunday night? Your phone may have other plans.
The annual test of the country's emergency mobile alert system will be between 6 and 7pm on Sunday.
But don't panic, even if the buzzing gives you a start.
"(People) do not need to act, other than check that they've received it," National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) communications manager Anthony Frith said.
Police warn those with hidden safety phones to switch them off from 6 to 7pm.
Millions of Brits' phones will vibrate and make a siren sound for around 10 seconds as they receive a text of fewer than 100…
Devices will vibrate and make a siren sound for 10 seconds at 3pm, with message confirming alert is a test
It will mark the second test of the national emergency alert system – after the first in 2023
It marks the second test of the national emergency alert system after the first in 2023
At around 3pm on Sunday 7 September, millions of phones will vibrate and make a siren sound for around 10 seconds as Brits…
