The head of the City Emergency Management Agency in St. Louis has now been placed on paid leave, as an investigation has been launched into why the city's tornado warning system was not activated ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - We have listened to a brief test of Lubbock’s tornado sirens every second Friday of every month for some time but still, many of us were taken back by the blaring system last ...
ST. LOUIS – St. Louis City Hall called tornado siren repairs an emergency this past spring. So why are those repairs still in limbo? FOX 2 reported on the failing sirens earlier this week and returned ...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - 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.
The Highland Fire Department resumed testing their tornado sirens in April after a tornado tore through town in March, but whether it had been prior to that storm is doubtful. After residents ...
In the aftermath of a severe weather event like the deadly tornado that swept through St. Louis and reached Edwardsville on May 16, there are always questions about what could have been done better to ...
ST. LOUIS — A series of failures, from a misunderstood comment to equipment problems, left the city unable to activate tornado sirens before a deadly storm hit in May, according to a consultant’s ...
While tornado sirens are a staple across communities in the Midwest and Plains, most cities in Florida have never installed them, instead relying on mobile alerts, NOAA Weather Radios, media and other ...
KALAMAZOO COUNTY, MI — Residents at a Kalamazoo County trailer park had little warning before being walloped by an EF2 tornado in May 2024. A wide majority said never heard the sirens. That lack of ...