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[USA] Massive emergency alert test scheduled to hit your phone on Wednesday. Here's what to know.

www.usatoday.com Massive emergency alert test scheduled to hit your phone on Wednesday. Here's what to know.

Your phone could belt out a terrifying emergency alert sound. Here's when it's going to happen and why we can't play the sound for you.

Massive emergency alert test scheduled to hit your phone on Wednesday. Here's what to know.

"Get ready to not freak out. On Wednesday, October 4 at 2:20 p.m. ET, every TV, radio and cellphone in the United States should blare out the distinctive, jarring electronic warning tone of an emergency alert."

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