According to WFTV9, many people in Florida were woken up in the middle of the night due to an "emergency alert".
What's Happening:
- While Floridians were sleeping soundly on Thursday morning, an emergency alert was going off on many phones.
- Emergency management officials said an emergency alert test issued at 4:45 a.m. eastern time was sent out by mistake.
- The message, titled "Emergency Alert," read "TEST – This is a TEST of the Emergency Alert System. No action is required."
- "The whole of the emergency management community apologizes for this error, and steps will be taken to prevent it from occurring again," officials said.
- According to a release, "there will be large-scale exercises simulating major, multi-patient medical emergencies on Thursday."
- "People in Florida may see increased ambulance traffic around the hospitals, but no part of this exercise will impact patient care", officials said.