Verizon outages have hit. Is your phone stuck on 'SOS' mode? Can't make calls or send text? Here's what you can do, what to know.

The outages appear to be happening nationwide, with the most reported locations including Seattle, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Dallas, Houston, Atlanta, Tampa, St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Detroit, Washington, D.C. and New York City.

If you've ever pulled out your iPhone or Android phone and found it showing SOS mode, no service or searching, you already know how frustrating it can be to figure out whether it's a you problem or if there is a larger network outage happening. A handful ...

Verizon said it has resolved an hours-long outage that is believed to have left tens of thousands of US customers without access to voice and data services for much of Wednesday.