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The new tornado siren activation system aims to reduce siren fatigue, turning on sirens only in specific zones rather than large swaths of the county.
As severe storms rolled through the metro on Tuesday, sparking multiple tornado warnings, some people in Jackson County said they heard sirens after the storm passed.
San Marcos-area residents may have heard the blaring noise of a siren last week as the city put its finishing touches to its warning systems. While echoes have wound down, the siren's noise can ...
The Park Township Board of Trustees is reconsidering outdoor warning sirens several months after severe weather devastated ...
These sirens are designed to alert people outside that it’s time to seek shelter, but they don’t always mean severe weather is overhead. We explain.
Homeowners in northeastern Elkhart County have been complaining about broken outdoor warning sirens in their community for some time now after a severe storm in ...
Tornado sirens’ failure will be front and center at City Hall today The external probe into the sirens’ failure should be finalized on the same day the City Emergency Management Agency director begins ...
Why did Fargo's tornado sirens go off Tuesday afternoon? The city announced the use of the sirens on social media, but did not alert residents in any other way.
As of Sept. 2, nearly 60 out of the 79 tornado sirens in Winnebago County are working, according to Sheriff Gary Caruana.
In a letter printed on July 16, Joshua Marks suggests the need for a tornado siren in Mount Airy (“Mount Airy needs a warning siren“). There are a couple of problems with this suggestion. A ...