The nationwide Emergency Alert System (EAS), which sends alerts ... strong winds due to Storm Darragh. The alert system was even used by Plymouth City Council to warn locals that a World War ...

Keir Starmer's Government had already confirmed plans to test the UK's Emergency Alert System later this year as part of a ...

The first live use of the system came in February 2024 when residents in Plymouth were evacuated after the discovery of an unexploded WW2 bomb. It was then used again in the run up to Storm Darragh in ...

Established in 2023, the Emergency Alert System (EAS) has been on hand to provide vital information and guide the public when a life-threatening crisis is happening nearby. A test of the alert ...

The UK follows in the footsteps of nations like the US and Canada in utilising such alerts for imminent threats like extreme weather. In the case of wildfires or heavy flooding within the UK ...