A massive Verizon outage has caused widespread, nationwide connectivity issues for customers across the U.S. Based on Google Trends, there's been an uptick of people searching for, "Why is my phone in SOS?

North Carolina residents struggling to contact their families in the wake of Hurricane Helene aren't the only Americans experiencing cell service outages this week. On Sept. 30, Verizon customers began reporting service outages in major cities like New York,

Tens of thousands of people across the United States reported problems with Verizon Monday, with many unable to make or receive calls on the wireless network.