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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), was set to conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) on September 20, 2018. The Nationwide Wireless Emergency Alert Test will now occur on October 3 due to the severe weather events in North Carolina and South Carolina.